HOW TO: Dulce de Leche

Dulce de leche is made by boiling a tin of sweetened condensed milk for hours on end. But that's a long time to wait for dulche de leche, regardless of its ridiculously gorgeous golden-brown colour. Moreover, making dulce de leche can be dangerous. Right. Enough meandering. I'll get to the point. 

In a nutshell, I'd much rather spend my free time doing something (anything) other than monitoring my potentially explosive dulce de leche. So here's another method which  soon-to-be engineer Patty came across on cooking for engineers. Appropriate. Its so EASY and QUICK. Whilst you're at it, tick NON-potentially explosive off your list too. I had to share.

Ingredients:

• Sweetened condensed milk (quantity according to your needs - I used a 400ml tin). 

NOTE: sweetened condensed milk, and not evaporated milk.

Method:

1. Pour the contents of your tin into a large heatproof bowl. (Use a large bowl so as to avoid the contents bubbling over).
2. Place the bowl into your microwave and microwave the sweetened condensed milk on a medium-low setting for 1.5 minutes. (The original method advises you to heat for two minutes yet this may cause too much bubbling).  
3. Carry the bowl out of the microwave, ensuring not to burn yourself as the milk and bowl will heat up quite quickly.
4. Whisk the sweetened condensed milk using a metal whisk.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 over and over (see below). 

After heating the sweetened condensed milk a few times (maybe 3), it will not bubble up as much. After each of the 1.5 minutes of heating (or cooking) the milk's consistency will change slightly. Note that the dulche de leche hardens as it cools down, so do stop heating before the desired consistency is achieved. 

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