can you cook condensed milk in can ? in boiling water? if so how long.?

Answer 1

Its one way of making dulce de leche.

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Remove the label from the can of condensed milk. Do not under any circumstances open the can yet. Take the can and stick it in a pot. Cover it with water. Put the pot on a stove and turn up the heat. Let the pot and can simmer gently for about one and a half to two hours for runny dulce de leche, or up to four hours for solid dulce de leche. Add more water, as necessary, when the level boils down too much.

When it's done, let it cool for a while, and then carefully open up the can and eat directly (for the solid variety) or use as a dessert spread (for the liquid variety).

The resulting product should be colored tan or brown.

NOTE: You need to keep a close eye on the can. If it shows any signs of expansion, immediately remove it from the heat and let it cool. If you are concerned at all at the high-pressure nature of the recipe, you may poke a small hole in the top of the can, and lower the water level so that the can is not completely covered. This will allow the internal pressure of the can to be released, but it will also make the recipe take longer (since high pressure reduces cooking time).



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Recipe by Dan Bornstein,

Answer 2

Yes. You can definitely cook an UNOPENED can of condensed milk in a sauce[an of boiling water. You need to cook it for about 2 hours to get that lovely caramelly stuff to put on millionaires shortbread or banoffee tarts.

To get an even result, you want the can to be submerged, so that all parts of the contents are cooked the same amount.

For SAFETY the critical part is that you must ALWAYS keep plenty of water in the saucepan. Wait until it's COLD to open the can.

PS I use "condensed milk" in the English sense of the word . It is heavily sweetened.

If you're American and want to boil unsweetened milk (We call it "evaporated") to make it whip up better, 20 minutes is long enough

Answer 3

condensed milk is better cooked out of the can why you would want to baine marrie it defies me it thickens quicker when it is in direct contact with the heat if you baine marrie it the steam condensates and thins it out just put it in a saucepan.

Answer 4

When I was in Home economics in high school our teacher cooked a can of it in boiling water for about a half hour (I think) to show us it would caramelize.

Answer 5

No, you cannot cook condensed milk in a can. If it's aluminum, it will explode.

Answer 6

Use a double-boiler. Do not cook inside the can. Why would you want to?

Answer 7

From all of the other answers...yes I think you can.

Answer 8

Just please do not put the can in the microwave!!!