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Chilean Leche Asada

July 8, 2021 by Pilar Hernandez
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Chilean Roasted Milk (Leche Asada)
Roasted Milk (Leche Asada) is a traditional dessert in Chile, it is not considered something special, in fact, it was a dessert of the weekdays in my childhood. It is quick to make and delicious.

In my opinion, roasted milk is more flavorful made with whole milk, but you can use 2% milk. If you make individual portions, they can be unmoulded, but the traditional dessert is bake on a glass baking dish and served directly from it. I’ve ruined several trying to unmold them, do not do it.

I copied down the variant with apples that it’s my favorite. Follow the instructions carefully for the hard caramel. You can use condensed milk or sugar, and you can replace the milk with evaporated milk. There are many variations also on flavor for Leche Asada, I recommend the Dulce de Leche and Lucuma.

Chilean Roasted Milk with Apples (Leche Asada)

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Chilean Leche Asada

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A traditional Chilean dessert.

  • Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 (14 oz.) can of sweetened condensed milk or 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups of milk (whole or 2%)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

for caramel:

  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1/4 cup of water

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
  2. Make the caramel: In a small pot, combine the sugar and water, put over medium heat, and let boil. It is a good idea to moisten the pot walls so that they do not become sugary afterward. Let boil, reduce the heat, and keep boiling gently until medium pale caramel forms (tea-colored). Please do not neglect the pot because it burns very fast. Do not stir.
    sugar y water boiling water tea color caramel tea color caramel
  3. Cover the baking dish (8″ x8″) with the hot caramel. Turn the mold carefully so that the caramel covers the walls. The mold is going to get hot, be careful. The caramel will solidify. It is normal.
    Caramel covering a pan
  4. Mix the condensed milk or sugar, milk, vanilla, and eggs in the blender or a big bowl. Pour over the caramelized baking dish.
    milk for leche asada Leche asada raw
  5. Bake until firm and brown, 50-60 minutes. I will rise in the oven and then collapse. It’s normal.
  6. Let cool and serve. Keep refrigerated.
    Chilean Leche Asada

Notes

Variation with apple: Peel and chop thin slices of an apple—place at the bottom of the mold. Pour the caramel over the apples. Continue with the recipe.

apple leche asada

Nutritional Information calculated made with sugar.

  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 211
  • Sugar: 40.6 g
  • Sodium: 53.9 mg
  • Fat: 3.8 g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.7 g
  • Carbohydrates: 40.6 g
  • Fiber: 0 g
  • Protein: 4.3 g

Keywords: roasted milk, leche asada, milk dessert

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Chilean Roasted Milk (Leche Asada)


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  1. Anonymous

    March 19, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    Super easy and delicious. I enjoy this much more than flan. Not a smooth texture- more fluffy. Just the way my Peruvian father makes 🙂

    ★★★★★

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    • Pilar Hernandez

      March 20, 2021 at 2:05 pm

      I also prefer this to flan. Thanks for coming back and commenting.

      Reply
  2. Margaret Holmes

    March 11, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    I’m familiar with evaporate milk (no sugar) or sweetened condensed milk (very sweet). Which are you referring to for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      March 12, 2021 at 1:35 pm

      Sweetened condensed milk.

      Reply
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