What is evaporated milk? How evaporated milk is used topping for cassava cake using condensed and evaporated milkĮvaporated milk is used in many recipes to get a nice milky flavor, and what’s great is that it’s also shelf-stable like sweetened condensed milk. These days there are also different flavors infused into condensed milk, like ube and pandan for desserts. My favorite brands of condensed milk are Longevity Brand and Borden – Eagle Brand. It’s got a very viscous, opaque, and syrupy texture that is perfect for sweetening drinks and desserts. What does condensed milk taste like?Ĭondensed milk has a very sweet and milky flavor due to the added sugar and reduced water content. You can buy this version, like Nature’s Charm sweetened condensed coconut milk, at stores like Sprouts or online. It’s made in a similar way where coconut milk and cane sugar are mixed together and cooked down until it turns into a viscous syrup. There is also a vegan version of condensed milk that is made from coconut milk and sugar. It includes heating the milk to stabilize it, evaporating a large amount of the water contents, adding sugar and cooling, and canning. Sweetened condensed milk has a relatively shorter processing time than evaporated milk because the added sugar acts as a preservative. Here are some of my favorite ways to use sweetened condensed milk: Vietnamese iced coconut coffee, cà phê sữa đá (iced Vietnamese coffee), avocado smoothies, ube halaya, Thai iced tea, and a dipping sauce for mantou.
It’s great to use in a recipe when you want a little sweet, milky flavor.
What is condensed milk? How condensed milk is usedĬondensed milk is one of my pantry staples because we use it so much in Vietnamese and other Asian recipes. Since then, there has been a myriad of different brands and varieties of evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk available. Later on, an American by the name of Gail Borden developed an industrialized process for canned milk that evaporated and reduced the water contents of the water in milk in vacuo (or vacuum boiler).
This is where the invention of canned milk comes in–as a way to make it easier to have a shelf-stable option for dairy.Ĭanned milk originated in France in the 19th century when a scientist named Nicholas Appert invented canning for food preservation. During those days, it was also difficult to access fresh cow’s milk unless you lived near a farm that had lactating cows available, so importing or exporting milk was even harder. Backgroundīack before refrigerators were a common household appliance or even invented, it was difficult to keep fresh cow’s milk on hand because it easily and quickly spoils. This post will give you a quick run-down on the basic differences of both sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk, so you will know which to buy for your next recipe. In short, they’re both made of cow’s milk (most of the time) and have 60% of their water content evaporated or reduced, but one has added sugar and the other is processed more. What’s the difference between sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk you ask? They look fairly similar because they’re typically both packed in cans and they’re both shelf-stable dairy items that are next to each other at the grocery store.
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