Probably, many remember mother's nuts, tubes and cakes with condensed milk. For their preparation, condensed milk was cooked in an ordinary kitchen right in a jar. Of course, now you can just buy boiled condensed milk. However, many manufacturers use poor quality raw materials. You can find trans fats or vegetable fats in the composition. Therefore, it is better to make your own condensed milk.
How to choose condensed milk in a jar
Of course, before boiling this product, you need to choose the right condensed milk. On store shelves, you can see a huge number of cans with this delicacy from different manufacturers. In the composition of real condensed milk, there are no stabilizers, thickeners, preservatives and other harmful substances. Therefore, you need to look for one that contains only sugar and milk. Before buying, you should carefully study the packaging, since it will not be possible to cook a real delicacy from a low-quality product.
You should not focus on the cost of the product, as sometimes even the cheapest can turn out to be the most delicious.
After you have chosen condensed milk, you can start cooking it. There are a huge number of ways to cook this delicacy.
A few easy ways to make condensed milk
Take a saucepan, put a jar of treats in it and fill it with water. Put the pot on fire. When the water in the pot starts to boil, turn the heat down and you can time it. To prevent the can of condensed milk from exploding, it is necessary to add water to the pan as it evaporates.
If you need condensed milk with a delicate caramel shade for making cakes, pastries and chocolate sausages, keep the jar in water over low heat for an hour. If you need condensed milk with a thicker consistency and the color of baked milk, remember that you need to cook it for two to three hours.
If you want to get a delicacy of the color of coffee with milk and a very thick consistency, you should cook condensed milk for about four hours, adding water constantly so that the jar is completely immersed in it.
You can also cook condensed milk in the microwave. This is a fairly simple and quick way. To do this, it is worth pouring the treat from the jar into a special container, since you cannot put metal dishes in the microwave. Place the condensed milk in the microwave and set the power to 400 watts. After 30 minutes, the treat will be ready. However, keep in mind that condensed milk will need to be stirred every three minutes so that it does not burn.
In addition, there is the possibility of self-production of condensed milk. To do this, you will need 2 liters of regular cow's milk and 1 kg of granulated sugar. Place all ingredients in a stainless steel pot or even a cauldron to avoid burning. Beat the resulting mass with a mixer or whisk. Bring the liquid to a boil and place over low heat. You need to cook homemade condensed milk for two hours, stirring often. Thus, you will get a useful product, and you do not have to think about how many harmful substances it has.
