Dulce de leche

 

Besoffene Äpfel
Drunken apples

 
  • 4 APPLES, peeled and cored
  • 100 GRAM BOERENJONGENS or RAISINS
  • 1 GLASS BRANDY
  • 1 GLASS OF WHITE WINE
  • 100 GRAM SUGAR
  • 1/2 TSP CINNAMON

Mix all ingredients and bring to the boil. Put the heat very low and simmer for 2 hours, stir regularly. Allow the mixture to cool down before serving.

Dulce de leche is a dish from Argentina. On the 24th of March, the "Day of Remembrance of Truth and Justice" is celebrated in Argentina, commemorating the start of the reign of the military junta in 1975. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.

Cook the wine with the sugar and cinnamon on high heat approximately 10 minutes until it becomes syrup. Put the apples in an oven dish. Put the raisins inside the apples and pour the brandy and half of the wine syrup on top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. Take off the foil, pour the remaining syrup on top and bake 10 minutes more.

This is an Austrian dish. On 26 October 1955, the Austrian Parliament signed the Declaration of Neutrality after occupation from 1945 to 1955 by the Soviet Union, the USA, the United Kingdom and France. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and worldwide histor


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