Lemon Carlota recipe without evaporated milk
The classic lemon Carlota is made from condensed milk, evaporated milk and lemon juice. However, in some countries it is difficult to find evaporated milk and, therefore, we may wonder how to replace this ingredient. Well, in this article we propose replacing evaporated milk with milk cream, a much more common and easily accessible product. Do you like the idea? If the answer is yes, keep reading! In addition, we teach you how to make lemon Carlota without an oven, a much cheaper recipe in every way. Go ahead and discover with us the step by step of this delicious lemon Carlota without evaporated milk.
Ingredients to make lemon Carlota without evaporated milk:
- 400 grams of sweet cookies
- 300 grams of milk cream
- 300 grams of condensed milk (1¼ cups)
- 200 grams of half cream
- 8 lemons
How to make lemon Charlotte without evaporated milk:
- Squeeze the lemons and reserve the juice for a moment while you mix the rest of the ingredients
- Prepare the cream by beating the condensed milk with the milk cream and the half cream, and add the lemon juice. You will see that as you beat the preparation it becomes thicker and more forceful, so that, as soon as the ingredients have been integrated, stop beating.
- Take a medium-large mold and grease itwith butter to prevent the lemon Carlota without evaporated milk from sticking.
- Place a layer of sweet cookies, making sure that there is no gap between them. You can use the cookies that you like the most, such as Maria cookies, Ducal cookies, etc
- Pour half of the lemon cream over the cookies, place another layer of cookies and finish with the remaining cream.
- Reserve the lemon Carlota without evaporated milk in the refrigeratorfor at least 3 hours so that the cream sets. If you leave it overnight, better! Thus, the next day you can remove it without problems and the result will be an exquisite, easy and quick lemon cake. Without a doubt, this lemon Carlota without an oven is ideal for any occasion and time of the year.
