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Cajeta
Pati Jinich’s homemade cajeta slowly reduces goat milk with dark brown sugar and vanilla.
About Cajeta
Pati Jinich’s homemade cajeta slowly reduces goat milk with dark brown sugar and vanilla. The Mexican sweet has a silky texture and a deep caramel colour, with the distinctive flavour of goat milk.
Baking soda joins the milk as it simmers. As the mixture thickens, it coats the spoon and leaves a brief trail across the bottom of the pot.
The finished cajeta becomes thicker as it cools. Jinich describes it as a sweet to enjoy by the spoonful, as well as a sauce or spread for other desserts.
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
Pati Jinich’s goat-milk vanilla cajeta.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Goat milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual160 goat milk, Milk.
- Dark brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Baking soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Mexico association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Mexico
- Costa RicaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Mexican Cuisine
- Costa Rican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.