Manjar Blanco Recipes

MANJAR BLANCO (DULCE DE LECHE)

Steps:

• Place the rice with some water in a bowl and set aside for 2 days. Rinse and drain the rice.
• Place the soaked rice in a food processor or blender with 1 cup of whole milk.
• In a medium pot, place the rice and milk mixture, the rest of milk, sugar and salt and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, stirring often with a wooden spoon for about 3 hours or until the color changes to caramel and the mixture is thick as a pudding. Add the raisins and let it cool.
• Pour into a glass container and cover. Refrigerate up to a week.

MANJAR (DULCE DE LECHE) FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Bring milk, sugar, and vanilla extract to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking, and continuously stirring until the milk has thickened and turned a caramel color, about 1 hour or more.
• Stir in baking soda. Continue cooking until the caramelized milk has reached a pudding consistency. Pour manjar into a bowl and cool completely in the refrigerator.

MANJAR OR DULCE DE LECHE - TRADITIONAL STOVETOP PREPARATION

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in large pot over medium low heat, stir until the sugar or panela is well dissolved. Reduce the heat to low.
• Continue cooking until the mixture is significantly reduced and starts to thicken while the color changes from a creamy beige to a caramel tone - it will take between 2 ½ hours to 3 hours for the dulce de leche to be done.
• During the first 1 ½ hours you will need to stir occasionally to prevent it from boiling over and sticking. During the last hour it needs to be stirred more frequently and has to be watched very closely to keep it from burning - you can also decrease the heat to low. Cook it until it has a dark amber or caramel tone and has a creamy consistency. Keep in mind that it will thicken more when it cools down.
• Can be served warm or cold and must be kept refrigerated.

BRAZILIAN COCONUT FLAN WITH PLUM SAUCE (MANJAR BRANCO)

Steps:

• Combine the coconut milk and cornstarch in a large pot, whisking until the cornstarch is dissolved. Then, add the remaining ingredients and bring it to the stove, over medium low heat. Cook, stirring constantly (yeah, sorry!) until thickened and you start to see the bottom of the pan when you stir. That will probably take anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes!
• Run a bundt pan (or mini bundt pans for individual versions) under cold water, so it's wet when you pour the cream. That will help you release the flan later on.
• Transfer the cream to the wet pan and let it cool at room temperature. Then, refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
• Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium low heat until it reduces and thickens into syrup consistency, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool in the fridge.
• When ready to serve, turn the bundt pan into a serving platter to unmold the flan. You shouldn't have any problems if you wet your pan before pouring the cream, but you can run a butter knife along the edges to be safe.
• You can spoon some of the sauce over the flan or serve it white with the sauce on the side!
• Enjoy!

PERUVIAN ALFAJORES WITH MANJAR BLANCO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add cornstarch, flour, eggs, pisco, vanilla extract, and baking powder. Mix gently until combined.
• Turn dough out onto a clean work surface and knead by hand until smooth. Add water as needed. Divide in half, refrigerate 1 portion, and leave the other out.
• Coat your work surface with powdered sugar. Roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 2-inch rounds with a cookie cutter or shot glass. Place rounds close together on a baking sheet. Prick each cookie twice with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; cookies should still be white and soft, not crispy, and will firm up as they cool. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.
• Pour condensed milk, evaporated milk, and brown sugar into a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until filling approaches the consistency of thick caramel, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat; mixture will firm up as it cools to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• Pour confectioners' sugar into a shallow bowl. Spread about 1/2 tablespoon of the filling over cooled cookies. Attach every two cookies together to make the alfajores. Roll alfajores in confectioners' sugar.

PIO NONO WITH MANJAR BLANCO

Steps:

• Line a jellyroll pan with parchment paper and set aside. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together eggs and sugar and place in the top of a double boiler set over mediumhigh heat. Beat until mixture is hot (about 140 degrees F). Remove from the heat and continue beating until mixture holds a limp peak. Sift together flour and salt and fold into egg mixture. Fold in butter a tablespoon at a time. Gently stir in vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading out as necessary to create an even surface. Bake for 13-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare a rectangle of waxed or parchment paper that is the same size as the pan, and cover the paper with powdered sugar.
• Remove pan from oven and immediately invert cake onto prepared paper. Remove parchment paper and trim cake to smooth sides. Let cake cool completely, then spread with Manjar Blanco. Roll cake and sprinkle the outside with powdered sugar.
• To serve, slice cake to form spirals. Serve with raspberry sauce if desired.

MANJAR BLANCO

Steps:

• Put the milks in a pot on low heat and move with a spatula until it thickens. Don't stop moving or the milk will stick to the bottom and burn.
• It must look thick in the pot: if you run the spatula across the mix it should take a lot of time (5 seconds) before the base of the pot gets covered again. Then out of the pot it will thicken even more as it cools.

MANJAR BLANCO (MILK PUDDING)

Steps:

• Combine the milk and vanilla bean in a heavy, enameled saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to very low and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. The milk should thicken to the consistency of hot fudge. Remove from the heat, remove vanilla bean and beat the mixture with a spoon for a few seconds. Let cool.