Credits

Recipe adapted from Serious Eats.

Ingredients

makes 535g (~19oz) of condensed milk

amount	ingredient
910g	milk
170g	heavy cream
195g	sugar
~⅛ tsp	salt
4-5	mint sprigs, fresh

process

1. wash mint, leaving the leaves on the stem for easy removal at the end; snap off any excess stem length
2. add all the ingredients to the shallowest pot you have or a straight-sided frying pan
3. cook on medium heat until sugar is dissolved, then reduce to a simmer and cook down the mixture for ~45 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid burning/scalding
4. remove mint in the last 15 minutes or so of cooking, or whenever you feel they’ve given up their flavor; better to do this before the mixture really thickens up in the end, so you lose minimal product

nutrition

whole recipe (535g): 1,873
per 100g: 350 calories

notes

• a wide, shallow vessel will allow for more surface area and quicker evaporation
• mixture may look like it’s hardly thickening for the first half hour or so, just keep to the instructions, and it will begin to come together in the end