Dulce de leche pastry recipe

Pastry dulce de leche is a traditional Latin American sweet that corresponds to a caramelized variant of milk. Unlike the normal dulce de leche, the confectioner has the ideal consistency for filling and decorating cakes, as it is thicker and remains firmer. You will also notice that it is more concentrated and has a darker appearance. Likewise, it can carry vegetable substances to increase its consistency.

If you want to prepare desserts such as alfajores, wafers, pancakes, pancakes, waffles, ice cream, cakes or cakes, this will be the ideal complement! Join us in this article and discover how to make homemade and easy pastry dulce de leche in a few steps.

Ingredients to make Dulce de leche pastry:

• 1 liter of whole milk
• 300 grams of sugar (1½ cups)
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 tablespoons of milk
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

How to make Dulce de leche confectioner:

1. Place the whole milk and sugar in a saucepan. Minimum fire cooker. The saucepan has to be thick to prevent the milk from burning on the bottom.
2. Cooking is slow and requires patience, so stay close to the pan and keep stirring.
3. While cooking, foam or bits of milk may form and stick to the pan. Remove them with the same spoon you stir with or with a strainer.
4. Tip: To prevent the milk from burning on the bottom without having to continually stir, you can place glass marbles in the saucepan.
5. These will move as the milk cooks and will not allow it to stick to the bottom.After 1 hour of cooking you will see that the milk remains almost the same.
6. Add the teaspoon of vanilla and the baking soda. Be careful so that when pouring the baking soda the preparation is not exceeded.
7. Continue cooking over low heat, stirring occasionally.
8. Tip: You can turn off the heat before adding the baking soda, stir, and then turn the heat back on to avoid spillage.
9. After approximately 1 hour and a half of cooking, add the cornstarch previously dissolved in 2 tablespoons of cold milk.
10. Stir and cook the homemade pastry dulce de leche for 10 more minutes.
11. Once the sweet is ready, place it in a bowl to cool.
12. When its temperature drops, the pastry dulce de leche will take on a thicker consistency and you can store it in the refrigerator in a tightly covered jar.