Condensed milk is our favorite.delicacy, moreover, quite affordable. This product can be used for baking, cooking desserts, add to tea or coffee or just eat with a spoon. However, condensed milk purchased at the store cannot always be called edible. This is due to the use by manufacturers of various additives in order to save raw materials and speed up the cooking process. Therefore, more and more housewives are trying to make homemade condensed milk. Having made it yourself, you will be assured of naturalness and the absence of harmful additives, and the delicate taste will delight your guests and household.
People began to condense milk back13th century. However, cooking it the way it is done now began in 1810. The first began to condense the milk of the Frenchman N. Upper. Today, the production of condensed milk is standardized. Milk is pasteurized, disinfected, mixed with sugar syrup. Then the mass is boiled, evaporating water from it, and cooled. Canned product can be stored for years without losing its qualities.
Сгущенное молоко имеет в своем составе много useful substances - calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A, B, C. Sweet delicacy has positive properties, and therefore recommended for use to schoolchildren, employees of hazardous industries, nursing mothers. It is nutritious, helps recuperation, increases the efficiency of the body and brain. However, since the caloric content of this product is high (323 kcal per 100 g) and it contains a lot of sugar, it is not recommended to eat it in large quantities.
Everyone knows that condensed milk cooked inhomemade natural products and without the addition of preservatives, much tastier and healthier than bought in the store. How to make condensed milk at home? There are many ways.
The standard recipe for homemade condensed milk includes two ingredients:
Cooking requires a thick pan.walls and bottom. Milk should be poured into it, put on low heat and, stirring constantly, boil for 1-1.5 hours to evaporate water. When the volume of liquid is reduced by half, sugar is added, stirred until it is dissolved, and cooked for another hour. If the mass becomes thickish and becomes creamy, the condensed milk is ready. Capacity needs to be cooled under cold water.
About 400-500 g of condensed milk will be obtained from the specified amount of products. You can roll it in the bank and save a few months.
How to make condensed milk from a mixture of dry and whole product? The recipe below provides a wonderful delicacy. It will require the following products:
Сгущенка готовится на паровой бане, поэтому нужны two pans of different sizes. In a smaller whisk, mix all the ingredients and put it in big with boiling water. Boil the mixture on low heat, while continuously stirring. Cooking time - about an hour. Next, the mass should be cooled, then it will acquire the proper consistency, and you will get 500 ml of tasty condensed milk.
In order not to spend a few hours on cooking, you can thicken the milk with butter. It will take 15 minutes of time, a pan with high sides and the following ingredients:
All components are mixed in the tank and on the weakthe fire is brought to a boil. In this case, the mixture should be constantly stirring. Then you need to increase the heat and boil condensed milk for exactly 10 minutes, continuing to interfere. Do not be surprised if the mass starts to foam. When the product is ready, it must be poured into a jar and refrigerated to thicken.
Chocolate lovers will surely enjoycondensed milk cooked with cocoa. To make the taste more creamy, you should thicken the milk of high fat content. For this delicious dessert you will need:
Необходимо в кастрюлю с толстым днищем высыпать sugar, add water, stir it to dissolve, and bring the resulting syrup to a boil. After 2 minutes, you need a thin stream of milk. After boiling, you should boil the mixture until thick, not forgetting to stir it constantly. After that, cocoa powder is poured through a sieve, kneaded until smooth and boiled for 1-2 minutes. When condensed milk is ready, it should be cooled.
If you use the recipe of homemade condensed milk with cream, you can get just an incredible, delicious delicacy. It will need the following components:
Sugar should be slightly diluted with water andWhile stirring, heat until a homogeneous mass (but not dissolving). Next, you should prepare two different saucepans for the water bath. In less need to pour the cream, and then add sugar and milk powder. The resulting mass is placed in a steam bath and cooks for about an hour. Condensed milk is stirred for the first 15 minutes manually or with a mixer to remove lumps, and then every 10 minutes. is agitated. Some time before the end of cooking, vanillin is added. The mixture is boiled down to a thick consistency.
There is nothing easier than to make condensed milk in a slow cooker - everything is done accurately, accurately and, importantly, automatically, without human intervention. To prepare a sweet treat you need:
In the multicooker container, mix everything.products, then set the mode "Porridge" and wait for the end of cooking. If the time is not automatically set by the program, you must set the timer to 40 minutes. While preparing condensed milk in a slow cooker, its lid should remain open. When time is up, condensed milk is transferred to a glass container, cooled to room temperature and placed in a refrigerator for further thickening.
To condensed milk turned out thick and tasty,for its preparation should use fresh whole milk with high fat content. It should not contain any additives. A high quality dry product or natural cream is also suitable.
Сгущать молоко лучше в посуде из алюминия или stainless steel. When boiling the mixture must be stirred so that it does not run away and does not burn. To obtain a homogeneous mass, you can add ¼ tsp in the cooking process. soda If you still formed soft lumps, you can gently rub the condensed milk through a sieve.
Condensed milk should be stored in sterilized jars, for which it should be poured immediately after preparation. The containers are tightly closed with a lid and stored in a cool place.
