Habichuelas con Dulce
The Dominican Lent and Easter miracle: red beans slow-cooked into a sweet, spiced, milky pudding with sweet potato, raisins and cloves — eaten cold by the bowlful.
What it is
The Dominican Lent and Easter miracle: red beans slow-cooked into a sweet, spiced, milky pudding with sweet potato, raisins and cloves — eaten cold by the bowlful. Ingredients: red beans, coconut milk, evaporated milk, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, sweet potato (batata), raisins, vanilla, salt, little milk cookies to float on top. Recipe: 1) Cook beans until very soft; blend with their liquid; strain. 2) Simmer the bean milk with coconut and evaporated milks, sugar and spices. 3) Add batata cubes and raisins; cook until it coats a spoon. 4) Chill thoroughly. Serve: cold, with casabe or the traditional little cookies, during Semana Santa when whole neighbourhoods exchange pots. Flavor: like a sweet bean chai — spiced, creamy, surprising to first-timers. History: a distinctly Dominican invention of the Lent season, blending Spanish sweet-bean customs with Afro-Caribbean coconut — no other country makes dessert of its beans quite like this. See also: Mangú, La Bandera Dominicana.
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