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Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)

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Habichuela con dulce, also known as sweet beans or sweet cream of beans is a Dominican dessert that is mostly made during Good Friday.

Total 01:05
Yield 10+

Ingredients

  • 4 cups soft-boiled red kidney beans
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 3 cups evaporated milk
  • 2 cups sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ tsp salt (or 1 pinch)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 10 cloves
  • 1 sweet potato (batata), cubed small
  • Milk cookies

Instructions

  1. 1
    Blend cooked beans, including the water they cooked in, into a purée.
  2. 2
    Strain beans into a pot in order to get rid of any skins.
  3. 3
    Mix in sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, sweet potatoes, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.
  4. 4
    Simmer over low heat until the sweet potatoes are fully cooked. Stir occasionally so that it will not stick on the bottom.
  5. 5
    Add raisins and simmer for 10 minutes. You can also add the milk cookies if you want them to become soft.
  6. 6
    Remove beans from heat.
  7. 7
    If you want, you may remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves.
  8. 8
    Serve beans in a bowl, and add milk cookies on top. You may serve warm or chilled.
Category
Desserts

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Habichuela_con_Dulce_(Dominican_Sweet_Beans)