Manjar blanco recipe

Created by Carmen Almenara

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Rating:

4/ 5 stars 61 Votes

Cuisine: South American

Caramel that’s also known as “dulce de leche” or “cajeta”, is a traditional sweet enjoyed daily throughout South America as a filling for pastries, the sweet centre of alfajor biscuits and tejas (fruit and nuts covered in chocolates) or enjoyed on its own. Manjar blanco is a sweet mix of milk, vanilla beans and sugar simmered for a few hours until it reaches its rich texture.

Ingredients

1 litre whole milk
230g white sugar
50g brown sugar
¼ tsp bicarbonate soda
30g glucose
1 vanilla bean

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Preparation

Combine 1 cup of milk, the white sugar, bicarbonate soda and vanilla in a saucepan.
Cook stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.

When it starts turning caramel in colour add 1 cup of milk and brown sugar. Continue stirring all the time.

When it starts thickening add 1 cup of milk and keep stirring. As it thickens add the last cup of milk and the glucose, turn down the heat and continue stirring until you can see the bottom of the saucepan or if you put a bit on a plate and it does not run, approximately 40 minutes cooking time.

Remove from stove and keep stirring for a few minutes.

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12 Sep 2011 08:11 AEST

Natalia becom

Kanata estates

Best Caramel ever

used it to fill cupcakes,very very good!�!�!�!�!�

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19 Sep 2010 12:41 AEST

Aml

Manjar blanco

Very yummy, not too sweet for caramel which is usually over sweet. It took me a bit longer to cook as this is my first try.

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01 Apr 2009 11:15 AEST

imafattie

putney

yuckie

looks like something my cat threw up...

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22 Feb 2009 12:46 AEST

Aurora

Castle Hill

strawberries, or cashew/macadamia nuts chopped

the long way to cook this is the way to go, excellent with sliced strawberries add a teaspoon on top, or mix either macadamia nuts or cashew nuts chopped. loved it

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21 Feb 2009 06:53 AEST

Catherine

Woollahra

Fabulous

Took a long time but enjoyed musing while stirring and waiting for it to come together - absolutely gorgeous and so much better than the condensed milk substitute, lighter but creamier.

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11 Feb 2009 04:35 AEST

Daniel Clarke

West End

Pan scrapingly good.

It turned out amazing, it's just on the right side of too sweet.

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26 Jan 2009 07:00 AEST

Cheryl Anne Richardson

Windsor

ridge

Very smooth!! but light at the same time.

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24 Jan 2009 10:12 AEST

Mary Ann

Newport

Manjarblanco

Whici really means mana from heaven! Great filling fpr cakes and alfajores. It is worth the effort. The lazy way of course is with condensed milk but it is not the real thing. You can also make yummy treats mixed with coconut or chocolate and made into balls. The sky is the limit for its versatility!

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