Boiled condensed milk is a delicious treat that everyone remembers from childhood. Unlike usual, it has a more “deep” taste and richness. Such condensed milk is suitable for many desserts and is used as an independent dish.
How to choose the right condensed milk?
If boiled condensed milk is required for any recipe, then most quickly it can be found in the store in the form of canned goods. Only milk and sugar should be present in the composition, sometimes lactose may additionally be included - this will not affect the taste of the product.
If the list of components contains vegetable fats, thickeners, preservatives and flavor enhancers, then this product will have worse properties and you should refuse to buy it.
You can also cook the condensed milk yourself and even cook it. In this case, you can achieve the necessary consistency, which is quite difficult to detect when buying a finished product in a store.
How to make boiled condensed milk on your own?
Self-preparation of this delicacy takes a lot of time. Therefore, you need to be prepared for the fact that cooking will take about three hours.
Components:
- water;
- a can of plain condensed milk.
The recipe for sweets:
1. Take a deep pan, put a can of condensed milk in it and pour water. Water should completely cover the jar.
2. Bring the water to a boil and cook the jar at low power for three hours.
3. Ensure that the water level never drops below the can during cooking.
4. Pour the pan with cool water to cool.
5. After two hours, the can can be reached and opened.
For the recipe, it is better to take condensed milk made in accordance with GOST 2903-78, since making boiled condensed milk of the desired quality will be obtained only from it. It is not recommended to leave the kitchen during cooking, as the liquid can boil away quickly and lead to overheating and rupture of the can.
The danger of cooking condensed milk
Condensed milk is usually sold in tightly sealed tin cans, but for several years now you can find cans with a special ring on the shelves of stores for a more convenient opening. They are not recommended for cooking, as during cooking, increased pressure is created inside the container, which can contribute to the opening of canned food. This can not only spoil the dessert process, but also damage parts of the body. Hot condensed milk from an opened can can get on exposed skin and lead to burns, as well as damage to wallpaper, ceiling and kitchen unit. It is also not recommended to sharply cool the jar, as this can also lead to rupture of canned food.
Condensed Cream
Preparing a cream using condensed milk is easy. Cream of boiled condensed milk consists of very simple components. All components must be at the same temperature during cooking.
To create a classic cream you will need:
- boiled condensed milk - one full can;
- butter 72% fat - 300 grams;
- a small amount of vanillin to taste.
Recipe:
1. Beat butter at room temperature with a mixer.
2. Add condensed milk to this oil and beat again until smooth.
3. Add some vanilla.
This mixture can be used to lubricate the cake, as a filler for ice cream or as a filling for rolls. If you wish, you can mix nuts with boiled condensed milk, then the cream will be denser, more saturated, but it will be more difficult to use as a layer for cakes and pastries, but it will become a wonderful independent dessert.
How to make a cake with condensed milk
This recipe will use a cream with a lower fat content, so it can be eaten on some diets. Having prepared a cake with boiled condensed milk according to this recipe, you can get a moderately soft, moist and firm dessert with a filling that is pleasant in consistency.
List of components for sprinkling:
- a mixture of nuts, preferably walnuts.
Necessary components for cake layers:
- boiled condensed milk - half a can;
- eggs - 100 grams of category C0;
- flour - 250 grams;
- sugar - one glass;
- sour cream - 200 grams;
- soda - half a teaspoon;
- baking powder - one teaspoon.
Cream Products:
- cream - 350 grams, fat content more than 30%;
- butter - 100 grams;
- remnants of condensed milk from components for cakes.
Cake recipe with boiled condensed milk:
1. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees. Grease a baking dish with a radius of 12 centimeters with butter. Put food parchment on the bottom and sprinkle everything with a small amount of flour.
2. Combine sour cream and soda. In a separate plate, mix the flour and baking powder.
3. Beat eggs and sugar with a mixer or blender until a white mass is created. Add condensed milk to it and beat until completely mixed.
4. Add sour cream and beat again.
5. Add flour with baking powder to this mixture and beat with a mixer again.
6. Pour everything into a baking dish and leave in the oven for 40 minutes.
7. Pull out the finished cake and cool at room temperature for three hours.
8. Cut the very top, and cut the remaining cake into three parts.
9. Beat cold cream until firm.
10. In a separate container, beat the butter with condensed milk to an airy consistency.
11. Then add whipped cream into it and mix slowly.
12. Coat each cake with the resulting cream and cream.
13. Top and sides of the future cake to smear only with cream
14. Top and side sprinkle cake with nuts.
The cake is ready to be served.
How to make a pastry dough?
One of the best foundations for creating confectionery is dough with boiled condensed milk. It is soft, elastic, and after baking it becomes porous and easily impregnated.
Components for creating such a test:
- yolks of four eggs;
- sugar - 100 grams;
- a whole can of boiled condensed milk;
- sunflower oil - 100 ml;
- first-class flour, wheat - 200 grams;
- baking powder - five grams.
Recipe:
1. Beat all four yolks until a light, uniform mass is formed.
2. Add oil and condensed milk. Beat with a mixer until smooth.
3. Pour flour and baking powder. Stir until smooth.
The dough is ready. If it turned out to be too liquid, you can add a little flour. It can be put in a baking dish for half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees, then a very tasty cake will turn out.
Condensed Waffles
Using this recipe with boiled condensed milk, you can cook those same waffles from childhood.
To make a dessert you will need:
- condensed milk, it is better if it is boiled - 400 grams;
- flour - 500 grams;
- sugar - 2 glasses;
- five eggs of category C0;
- butter 150 grams;
- a pinch of vanillin.
- waffle maker
Additionally, you may need a tablespoon of butter for the filling.
Recipe:
1. Melt the butter in a water bath.
2. Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla.
3. Combine the mixture with melted butter.
4. Pour in flour, stir until a thick consistency.
5. Coat the waffle iron with oil and heat for two minutes on each side
6. Add 50-70 grams of the mixture to the waffle iron, distribute evenly and bake.
7. Mix the condensed milk with a mixer until smooth to obtain a filling.
8. Put about 50 grams of the filling on the finished wafer and roll it into a tube.
The dessert is ready.
Cook condensed milk at home
To make sweets, you should learn how to make homemade boiled condensed milk.
Components:
- 1 liter of milk with a fat content of 3.2% or 3.5%;
- a pound of sugar;
- baking soda - 3 grams.
In order for condensed milk to work out, you need to use only fresh milk. During boiling, such milk may curdle, so it is recommended to add a little soda to it to prevent this event. In the future, soda will not be felt.
Recipe:
1. Pour milk into a deep bowl, combine with sugar and soda.
2. To achieve complete dissolution of sugar.
3. Take a metal container with a thick bottom and pour milk into it.
4. Turn on the hotplate at full power, bring to a boil.
5. Reduce the power by half, cook for about an hour, mix occasionally.
6. Place the finished product in a plate or jar for cooling.
Dessert is ready to eat.
During cooking, you can adjust the thickness of the sweetness, the darker the mixture, the thicker it is, but after cooling the product thickens even more. From one liter of milk, a pound of finished condensed milk is obtained. This recipe for boiled condensed milk is the simplest and most inexpensive.