NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Doce de leite

Dulce de leche /dulse de letʃe/ is a traditional candy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and other parts of South America. It is also popular in Central America and Mexico, where it is known as cajeta, and in Colombia and Venezuela, where it is known as arequipe. The name literally means “milk candy” in Spanish. It is known as manjar blanco (“white delicacy”) in some countries, and as doce de leite in Portuguese. The French preparation confiture de lait is very similar to the spreadable forms of dulce de leche. This is a copyrighted promotional image. ... This is a copyrighted promotional image. ... A shelf filled with candies Candy is often used as a synonym for the more general term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In some areas, notably Scotland, candy... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Commonly, Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... Cajeta is a Mexican confection of caramelized milk that takes its name from the small wooden boxes it was traditionally packed in. ...

Its most basic recipe mixes boiled milk and sugar, although other ingredients may be included to achieve special properties. Dulce de leche may also be prepared with sweetened condensed milk cooked for several hours. Although the transformation that occurs in preparation is often called carmelization, it is actually a form of the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction that is responsible for many of the flavors of cooked food. A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ... Caramelization is the oxidation of sugar, a process used extensively in cooking for the resulting nutty flavor and brown color. ... The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring the addition of heat. ...

Dulce de leche is used to flavour candies or other sweet foods, such as cakes, cookies (see alfajor) or ice cream, as well as flan. It is also popular spread on toast. A birthday cake decorated with fruit, shaved chocolate, and candles. ... A chocolate chip cookie In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat baked cake (Commonwealth English biscuit). ... Two alfajores (black and white flavours) An alfajor (Spanish, in IPA ; plural alfajores) is a traditional cookie in some South American countries, most notably Uruguay and Argentina, and to a lesser extent Peru and Chile. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Flan with Dulce de leche and milk cream In cooking, flan is a custard-like dessert originating from Spain and popular in former Spanish colonies such as Latin America, the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. ... A classic two-slot toaster Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to dry heat. ...

The origins of dulce de leche are unclear, as there are several legends about its creation. The most popular of these involves the 19th century Argentine politician Juan Manuel de Rosas. The story goes that in a winter afternoon at Rosas' house, the maid was making some lechada—a drink made with milk and sugar boiled until it starts to carmelize—and she heard someone knocking at the door. She left the lechada on the stove and went to answer the door; and when she came back, the lechada was burnt and had turned into a brown jam: dulce de leche. In the academic fields of mythology, mythography, and folkloristics a myth is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to have their present form. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brigadier General Don Juan Manuel de Rosas Juan Manuel JosÃ© Domingo Ortiz de Rosas y LÃ³pez de Osornio (born Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rozas, 1793-1877) was a conservative Argentinian politician who ruled Argentina from 1829 to 1852. ...

The most popular dulce de leche brands in Argentina are La Serenísima and Gándara and among the more prestigious are San Ignacio, Chimbote, Poncho Negro, La Salamandra, and Lapataia, which is made in Uruguay. Another outstanding brand in Uruguay is Conaprole. ImageMetadata File history File links Docedeleite. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Docedeleite. ...

There are also other Brazilian, Chilean, Venezuelan and Colombian varieties of it, which are solid and can be cut into bars. The Venezuelan variety is made in the city of Coro, in the Northwest of the country, and is sold as either pure dulce de leche or made with chocolate swirled in (dulce de leche con chocolate). The city of Santa Ana de Coro was founded in 1527. ...

The Mexican cajeta is named after the small wooden boxes it was traditionally packed in. Developed out of a speciality of the town Celaya in the state of Guanajuato, the Mexican version of dulce de leche is made of half goat's milk and half cow's milk. A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood derives from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... This article is about the city of Guanajuato. ... This article is about goats, the animals. ... COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ...

Recently, dulce de leche has become extremely popular in the United States as a result of the 1997 introduction by Häagen-Dazs of the ice cream flavor by the same name. Its popularity is now only surpassed by Vanilla and Fudge Ripple. A HÃ¤agen-Dazs shop in IFC Mall, Central, Hong Kong. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ...

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