151: Dulce de Leche con Huevo

Ingredients:

4 cups milk
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cinnamon stick

1. Mix the milk, sugar, beaten eggs, lime juice, salt and cinnamon stick.

2. Pour into an aluminum pot.


3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Below are the images of what the Dulce de Leche will look like along the way:






4. Dulce de Leche is complete when you get a deep caramel color and all the liquid has evaporated, usually after an hour.

Dulce de Leche - Chunky

Dulce de Leche comes in two forms - smooth and chunky.

The only time I ever ever opened Cocina al Minuto before July 14, 2009 was to make this Recipe #484: Dulce de Leche con Huevo.

I had tried this lime juice milk curdling recipe somewhere between 2000 when I received the book as a wedding present from my suegra and 2003 before we moved into our house. I remember it being the only Cuban recipe I could ever talk about with some sort of experience.  

But even though I had made this recipe before starting The Project, I actually had to make it twice during The Project in order for it to turn out properly.

The difference?  The aluminum cazuela.  Don't leave home without it.