Toffee sauce

Name: Toffee sauce (Dulce de leche)
Yield: Makes 400ml/2 cups
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 150 g/5 oz glucose; 350 g/12 oz/1¾ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups whole milk; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1.5 ml/¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

Dulce de leche

Preparation info

Makes
400
ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

Dulce de leche is a sticky sweet caramelized sugar and milk mixture, widely used as a filling, frosting or topping in desserts, pastries, cakes and cookies. It can be bought ready-made in cans and jars, or you can prepare your own – a bit time-consuming, but very worthwhile and much more economical.

Ingredients

1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups whole milk
350

Americas
Argentina
Garnish
Sauce
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the milk and sugar into a heavy pan on a very low heat. Add the glucose and vanilla and heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Continue cooking for 30–45 minutes, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon.
Blend the bicarbonate of soda w