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Cajeta de Leche
Mitzy Daniela Angulo Rosales’s homemade milk cajeta appears in an official collection of traditional cooking from Villarreal de Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
About Cajeta de Leche
Mitzy Daniela Angulo Rosales’s homemade milk cajeta appears in an official collection of traditional cooking from Villarreal de Tamarindo, Costa Rica. This named version uses milk and sugar, reduced together into a confection that can be cut into pieces.
Sugar gives the milk mixture its sweetness as prolonged cooking turns it brown. The flavour stays centred on those two ingredients, without extra spices or flavourings in the recipe.
The thickened mixture is spread out and cooled before cutting. Its finished presentation is a set sweet in pieces of the desired shape, rather than a pourable caramel sauce.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cajeta de Leche
Mitzy Daniela Angulo Rosales’s traditional Villarreal Cajeta casera de leche.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Dairy milk named without animal species or fat level.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Costa Rica
- NicaraguaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Costa Rican Cuisine
- Nicaraguan Traditional CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.