Dulce de Leche [Esp/Eng]

I remember when I was a child my mother used to make that amount of dulce de leche because cow's milk could be damaged, milk that came from the El Chimborazo dairy farm owned by my father.

I decided to make dulce de leche because I remembered the dulce de leche my mother used to make, and I remembered the container she used, big and with a prodigious amount of it.

Para esto solo utilicè:
1 1/2 litro aproximadamente de leche de vaca
1/4 de kilo de papelón
Una pequeña astilla de canela
Olla
Paleta de madera

For this I only used
1 1/2 liter of cow's milk
1/4 kilo of papelón
A small cinnamon stick
Pot
Wooden paddle

Procedì a llevar la leche al fuego en la olla dispuesta para ello.

I proceeded to take the milk to the fire in the pot prepared for it.

Se colocò la astilla de canela.

The cinnamon stick was placed.

A fuego muy lento, se colocó la olla con la leche y la canela, se dejó que calentara un poco.

Over very low heat, put the pot with the milk and the cinnamon and let it warm up a little.

Cuando la leche ya se sentìa con un poco de temperatura, se incorporò el papelòn.

When the milk felt a little warm, the paper was added.

Al comenzar a calentar la leche, esta comenzò a separarse donde se puede observar en la olla una parte clara , y una parte de leche concentrada.

When the milk began to heat up, it started to separate where you can see in the pot a clear part and a part of concentrated milk.

Revolvì un poco, el papelòn comenzò a diluirse, asì estuvo el proceso de cocciòn por lo menos por dos y algo màs de horas, constantemente revisaba, observando como se iba secando la parte liquida de la leche, cambiando su color y textura.

I stirred it a little, the paper began to dilute, and so the cooking process went on for at least two and a bit more hours, constantly checking, observing how the liquid part of the milk was drying up, changing its color and texture.

En esta imagen puede observarse lo que se ha evaporado, va tomando un poco de consistencia.

In this picture you can see what has evaporated, it is taking a little consistency.

Creo que me pasé un poco y cuando sentí que hacia plop plop, decidí apagar, revolver, dejar que enfriara. Aunque la prueba del gusto fue así en caliente. Si quedó delicioso. Mi madre lo probó, le gustó, esperando que me dijera que recordó cuando hacía como dice ella los calderos de dulce y luego guardaba en la nevera en frascos de vidrio, podíamos comerlo con galletas, pan y hasta solo.

I think I overdid it a bit and when I felt it plop plop, I decided to turn it off, stir, and let it cool. Although the taste test was like this when it was hot. It was delicious. My mother tasted it, and liked it, hoping that she would tell me that she remembered when she made as she says the sweet cauldrons and then kept them in the fridge in glass jars, we could eat it with cookies, bread, and even alone.

El proceso de cocción fue aproximadamente de tres horas, la verdad no le di paleta, solo revolvía y ya...para recordar el dulce de la infancia y como me fascinaba los grumos que se hacían con la leche.

The cooking process was about three hours, the truth is I didn't give it a paddle, I just stirred it and that was it...to remember the sweetness of childhood and how I was fascinated by the lumps that were made with the milk.

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