Dulce de Leche Instant Pot Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Is it safe to pressure cook a can of sweetened condensed milk? ›

It's safe to do so, as long as you follow the correct safety procedures: make sure the can isn't dented, make sure it's covered with water the whole time it's hot, let it cool down all the way before removing from the water and opening, don't jostle the pan around while still hot.

Caramel and dulce de leche might look and taste somewhat similar, but they are actually pretty different. While caramel is made from slowly simmering water and sugar until it caramelizes, dulce de leche is made from simmering milk and sugar super slowly until it turns into a creamy, caramelized substance.

Slow cooker method (condensed milk dulce de leche)

In the slow cooker method, you also cook a sealed can of condensed milk, but this time in the slow cooker, for 8 hours, and always making sure the can is completely cooled down before moving it and opening. The results: a very thick and luscious dulce de leche as well!

What you make out of condensed milk is dulce de leche. It's often called caramel or toffee, but it's not really either. The recipe is trivial: pour the condensed milk in a pan. Heat it over low heat, stirring continuously, until it turns into dulce de leche.

Mostly we boil potatoes in a pressure cooker, but like rice, potatoes also contain a lot of starch. This is the reason why boiling or cooking in this pressure cooker is not considered good for health. If you still plan to use cooker for the same, add a lot of water and wash them thoroughly post cooking.

Foods containing dairy, like milk, cream, or yogurt, should not be pressure-cooked. The high heat and pressure can cause dairy products to curdle or separate, ruining the texture, taste and flavour of the dish. Cooking fried foods is a strict no no, when it comes to pressure cookers.

Even though some studies suggest that pressure cooking isn't the best way to preserve nutrients in food, no research exists to suggest that pressure cookers of any model or brand pose health risks. If you're a fan of your Instant Pot, don't worry: You can continue to safely use your appliance without worry.

Dulce de leche is basically sweetened condensed milk that has continued cooking until the sugars have caramel used. You can make SCM into DdL by boiling the unopened can of SCM for a couple of hours. Let it cool before trying to open it.

Technically, if you see dulce de leche in a recipe, you can instead use caramel, and vice-versa. However, there will be a slight variance in taste and texture, and the recipe will no longer be authentic to the specified region. That is why we always recommend differentiating between dulce de leche and caramel.

Is dulce de leche Italian or Mexican? ›

Spanish dulce de leche and Portuguese doce de leite mean "sweet [made] of milk". Other names in Spanish include manjar ("delicacy"), arequipe and leche quemada ("burnt milk", a term popular in Mexico); also in Mexico and some Central American countries dulce de leche made with goat's milk is called 'cajeta'.

Pro Tips for this recipe

Your dulce de leche will last about two weeks in the fridge if kept in a sealed container or three months if left in the unopened can. If you're employing the boiling method it's better to use the cans that do not have tab openers although I have not had an issue with them personally.

At first glance, dulce de leche and caramel don't seem that different. They both have the same light brown color and they both taste really good over cookies or with chocolate. They both taste really sweet, and can usually be used as substitutes for one another.

First of all, if you boil a sealed can it can explode. It could literally blow a hole in your roof. So for safety you need to either open the can before heating, or put it in warm water away from the heat source so there is no way it can boil inside.

No. For safety reasons, we do not recommend heating a can of our condensed milk, opened or unopened. The current can is not designed to withstand high temperatures. Instead, please follow these instructions for making Homemade Caramel.

Dulce de leche (cooked condensed milk) is a thickened caramel-like sauce that's made out of milk and sugar. In other words, it's sweetened condensed milk heated until it thickens and caramelizes. It's thick and gooey confection, with a nutty brown color and a taste that's not quite like anything else.