The first time I had dulce de leche, I was in Argentina for work and my co-worker brought us in Alfajores that his wife made,
which I learned is a common treat. Alfajores are a small sandwich cookie with dulce de leche in the center and the outer
edges are rolled in coconut. Holy yum, after being in the country for a couple of weeks, I soon realized dulce de leche was pretty common
and started shoving jars in my suitcase to return home with. It is basically like caramel at the consistency of pudding or greek yogurt, but so much more.
Argentina was great as well, I dislike the overall safety issues of South and Central America and there was a period where
I was in many of the countries for my job and I can tell you that Argentina is different from the others. It has much more of
a European quality, which I believe is largely inpart to immigration.
I also had the opportunity to take in a real soccer game.
It is truly the most entertained (and possibly frightened) I have ever been at a sporting event - the hooligans, the celebrating, the tearing up of newspapers
as confetti, the child (I think he was 4) who yelled a word in Spanish no mother should have to hear. Oh the good times.
Anyway, back to the dulce de leche. Cooking it via sous vide is so simple that this could be a very dangerous thing in our house.
Further Resources
Sous vide has been around for a little while in the professional cooking sector, but it is just starting to gain traction with home cooks thanks to cheaper equipment.
There are a lot of great resources out there, but here are a few of my favorites:
- ChefSteps
- Serious Eats
- Anova or your device's website should have a lot of recipes and resources
For more on this technique from Mary's Making:
- Follow our Pinterest Sous Vide Board
- Check out our sous vide recipes
- Peruse our Amazon Store (where I selected many useful sous vide products)
*Disclaimer - All products I use for sous vide, I purchased myself. However, if you end up buying any products from our Amazon shop, I get a small percentage commission.
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