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Franneckins!
I think I am finally over my bad baking curve! Yesterday, I finally had a major victory! I made yummy, spreadable, caramelly dulce de leche!!
There is a long painful history behind my pursuit of this deliciously lusciously sweet treat. It is a struggle that has been ongoing since December, when I first moved here. I did research on the preparation of Dulce de leche, and the online community debates these three points:
Originally I started out with boiling the can of condensed milk on the stove top, but this experiment went totally a rye when I forgot to wash the can. I had poked 2 holes on the top of the can, and kept trying out my dessert as it was cooking from the top of the can… ended up with food poisoning! Also, I hated the idea that I was using a tin can to cook a lusciously luxurious dessert. At any rate, I proceeded to try boiling another can it in a water-bath in the oven… didn’t cook through – when I opened the can, the milk was still runny! I put it back in the oven, and ended up scorching it. That’s when I decided, fine, ditch the aluminum can thing and move to the next method.
In googling the topic, I found that David Lebovitz had a recipe for dulce de leche. He is one of my favorite chefs, and even moreso, because he writes accurate and understandable recipes. I learned how to make terribly delicious ice-cream from his “The Perfect Scoop“. So I thought: “If I can learn to make ice-cream, surely I can make dulce de leche!” And the rest is history!
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
I want to share with you a little something that I learned to love and grow dependent on, when I visited your home country: “The beautiful country of Colombia.” The coffee shop chain, Juan Valdez, makes an amazing cafe con leche y arequipe (is the local name for dulce de leche), which I had everyday of my stay. Now I can make it at home everyday!!! 🙂
Your Majesty Princess Francine,
How was the marathon?? Hope you had a great run and that all your hard work training paid off! 🙂
I, on the other hand, got increasingly sick all throughout last week, reaching an ill-peak Friday morning when I got to work. Needless to say, I hurried home, to get into my pjs and sleep it off. Right before going to bed, however, I drank my magic potion. Every time I drink this, I wake up feeling a million times better. So, in this post I just wanted to share with you two quick and easy remedies to cure common discomforts.
1. Feeling gross, under the weather? Like you are on the verge of a terrible cold, perhaps the flu? Try my:
Lemon Zap
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 lemon
- 2 tsp honey
- {1 slice fresh ginger (if you are really feeling bad)}
DIRECTIONS:
- Put the kettle on.
- In a mug squeeze all the juice out of the lemon and add honey.
- Once water has boiled, pour into lemon and honey mixture. {If you are feeling really bad, place a slice of fresh ginger.}
- Let it cool, so you don’t burn your mouth, and drink.
* Ginger, is like a bazooka, will help you thwart whatever evil decided to invade your immune system, be warned that you will sweat A LOT in your sleep.
2. Eaten too much? has something sat funny in your belly? Try my:
Clean Mint (Moroccan Mint)
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 spring mint (6-8 leaves)
DIRECTIONS:
- Put the kettle on.
- Place mint sprig in a mug.
- Once water has boiled, pour over mint leaves.
- Let it cool, so you don’t burn your mouth, and drink.
Hope these remedies don’t come in handy soon, but whenever I am under the weather, they always rescue me!
I’ll be back tomorrow with some yumminess 🙂
Filakia polla!