Habichuela con dulce: The Authentic Dominican Sweet

[Bronxboy]

this is, without any doubt, the food served in the darkest pitch of hell. it's disgusting, vile, nasty, hideous, revolting and loathsome. anyone who prepares it, serves it and eats it should be punished with at least a year in la victoria.

hahahahahahahaha

I dislike as well!!!! yuck....................

 

[dv8]

Maybe because I like to eat baked beans straight from the can?

i eat baked beans straight from the can. yet HCD is just plain wrong. generally dominican sweets suck. just about the only things i can eat is flan and dulce de cajuil. the rest is just plain gross.

 

[Chirimoya]

Yes, it is very popular in other parts of the DR. Every Dominican I've come across has
either heard of it or made it. In some regions of the country it is also made with guandules.

I first tasted it many years ago from the wife of an uncle who was from the Cibao region.

OK then, my southwest hypothesis is based on coincidence.

 

[bronzeallspice]

i eat baked beans straight from the can. yet HCD is just plain wrong. generally dominican sweets suck. just about the only things i can eat is flan and dulce de cajuil. the rest is just plain gross.

Dulce de cajuil is my second favorite after dulce de toronja which is more popular among los
campesinos in some regions. Los capitalenos prefer el dulce de naranja.

Very hard to find dulce de toronja in the capital. I either have to make it or go to el campo.

 

[dv8]

i'm not fond of dulce de toronja/naranja. my MIL makes them and we always have some at home as miesposo loves those. to me it's really almost like marmalade/jam. not that dulce de cajuil looks any different

in season we collect bags of cajuil. i clean, prepare and freeze it. then deliver bags of frozen goodies to MIL who makes the sweet.

 

[Naked_Snake]

Dulce de cajuil is my second favorite after dulce de toronja which is more popular among los
campesinos in some regions. Los capitalenos prefer el dulce de naranja.

Very hard to find dulce de toronja in the capital. I either have to make it or go to el campo.

Nothing, and I mean, nooooooothing, can beat dulce de coco con leche banilejo, in my not so humble opinion.

 

[bronzeallspice]

Nothing, and I mean, nooooooothing, can beat dulce de coco con leche banilejo, in my not so humble opinion.

Yes! That is what I bring with me to the states. It is not overly sweet like other brands.

 

[Aguaita29]

I was in NY a few months ago. A relative bought habichuelas from a lady with a shopping cart in Washington Heights. I was also surprised to see another lady who sold chicharron and rat poison. lol

 

[AnnaC]

Can I use just coconut milk? Not sure what evaporated will do to me but I tend to be lactose intolerant to milk.

I use almond milk for cereal.

 

[bronzeallspice]

Can I use just coconut milk? Not sure what evaporated will do to me but I tend to be lactose intolerant to milk.

I use almond milk for cereal.

Yes, you can. Just add the equivalent of any other milk required (whole or evaporated) plus the
amount of coconut milk called for in the recipe.

 

[dv8]

in baking i often use coconut milk as a replacement of normal milk because our lil' niece is allergic. so i agree with bronzie, it should be fine.

 

[bronzeallspice]

I was in NY a few months ago. A relative bought habichuelas from a lady with a shopping cart in Washington Heights. I was also surprised to see another lady who sold chicharron and rat poison. lol

LOL! Tres pasitos!

 

[Lucifer]

This won't elicit elation from the elitists, but conc?n de dulce de leche is to die for. I could eat it every single day of my life and twice on Saturdays. Same goes for arroz blanco.

 

[dv8]

i hate both with passion.

 

[bronzeallspice]

Dulce de leche cortada is delicious!

 

[dv8]

it's as nasty as it gets. give me mondongo every day but keep all the sweets.

 

[Lucifer]

La Tierra Santa de Salvale?n de Hig?ey is home to the country's best dulce de leche, with La Otra Banda being the craddle of chicharr?n de leche. And it's all due to la ganader?a. But you won't be able to stop at a dulcer?a and ask for conc?n de dulce de leche and expect to have it on the spot. You can't even buy it from street vendors. You must go to the source--where the dulces are actually made--and order it way in advance.

But I actually hope you all hate it: the more you hate it, the more I get.

 

[Lucifer]

By the way, folks, I never came around to publish my one little book: It's a Delicacy in Japan!

While not a magnum opus ? la Junot D?az or even an attempt at Dominicanizing David Sedaris, it was supposed to be fun... at the expense of those super-duper elitists who could eat anything, even if it's twice-regurgitated food from a dying dog... just as long as the dog is Finnish, American, Japanese or from any "developed" country. Just make sure the dog is not Dominican.

"Hey, gringo, here's some locrio de longaniza, con aguacate y fritos maduros, y una ensaladita."

DR1 gringo: "Yuck! You gonna eat THAT?!"

 

[dv8]

you guessed right, i hate all this crap made of milk: dulce de leche, leche cortada, tres leche. FYI i also hate going to asian restaurants as they never have any decent deserts. so it's not that i spit on dominican sweets only. but i'm fine with most of dominican savoury dishes.

 

[dv8]

what i consider to be good sweets: Moje Wypieki
the website is on polish but obviously you can use google translate. luckily for my weight i am too stupid to bake cakes so i only look at pictures...