Milk sugar is the sweetness of Soviet children who were ready to give anything for it. Those days are long gone, and the choice of sweets has become so huge that no one thinks about making yummy at home.
Probably each of us mom or grandmother cooked milk sugar. So why not try to make it yourself? After all, it is simple and easy, but very tasty.
What do we need for the process of preparing this wonderful treat?
- Three glasses of granulated sugar.
- A glass of milk.
- A tablespoon of butter.
- Raisins and peanuts (or walnuts) - optional.
The amount of the main ingredients (milk and sugar) can be changed, but compliance with a ratio of 1: 3 should be mandatory.
Cooking steps
In the prepared and washed container in which you are going to cook milk sugar, we place all the ingredients. A deep coated pan (non-stick) is well suited for this . We put the dishes on the stove on a small fire. As soon as milk sugar begins to boil, reduce it and leave to cook the treat until fully cooked. But at the same time, do not forget to constantly interfere, so that our sweetness does not burn.
Keep in mind that when preparing this yummy, it is very important that the sugar does not dissolve completely, otherwise it will not be exactly what you wanted. It must be crystals.
Now you need to check the readiness of milk sugar. To do this, drop a little of the resulting mixture onto a plate and after a while see if it will drain from it or not. If it has frozen, then boiled sugar is ready, if not, then it is necessary to boil again.
Then take a deep plate and coat it with a layer of butter. If you want your delicacy to look like a store sorbet, then put roasted peanuts or raisins (or both) on the bottom and pour in boiled sugar. All, now it remains to wait until it cools. The sweetness of the Soviet children is ready. After cooling, gently pry the whole mass with a knife and cut it into pieces.
For lovers of something unusual, you can cook fruit sugar (the same boiled, but with the addition of fruit peels).
To do this, you will need:
- A kilogram of granulated sugar.
- The peel of an orange.
- Half a glass of milk (you can take cream).
Place the pan over medium heat and pour a quarter cup of milk into it. Then add sugar and bring everything to a boil. But do not forget to interfere with the mixture periodically. We wait until all the liquid has evaporated. Sugar should be crumbly.
At this time, chop a very finely washed peel of an orange. You can use kitchen scissors for this. After the sugar begins to brown, it is necessary to stir it continuously so that its preparation is uniform. Then pour the remaining milk (about 3/4 cup) into it and put the orange peels. Continue to boil sugar until all the liquid has evaporated.
After that, put the resulting mixture on a plate greased with vegetable oil and let it cool. Then we also cut it into pieces or simply break it.