Condenced milk

[chloe]

This is what i found yesterday!!! still stoked with that revelation,..that it exists,.anyone tried this already? and tried cooking with it??
any good tips and ideas?

[lobsteriffic]

Is it sweetened condensed milk or just plain? I haven't seen a vegan version, but I used to use the sweetened stuff in baking in my pre-vegan days.

[xrodolfox]

if there is vegan condensed milk, I will throw away thousands of US$ at it.
WHERE CAN I GET THIS!?!?!

[chloe]

haha Rodolfo i know!!! its a brilliant revelation! Its called ...Alimento com soja Condensado de soja. and its from a brazilian company
www.olvebra.com.br
and i havent tried it yet, id like to make it into caramel and use it for as a caramel banana pie, but was hoping someone else had some experience of it and some good tips or ideas. But im so surprised having lived in the two vegan meccas London and Berlin, that ive never come across it before now,..that is a deffinate fault in vegan globalisation id have to say.
and i can only assume its sweetened condencsed milk as the first ingredient is sugar

[lobsteriffic]

I haven't used the vegan version of condensed milk so I'm not sure it would behave the same in a recipe, but I would probably find a non-vegan recipe and sub it in as an ingredient.

I'm so jealous - let us know how the caramel works! I'd love to make a dulce de leche!

[lover of cuttlefish]

hey here you can get both regular and caramel condensed milk:

http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.nz/foodStuffs.php

if you have trouble ordering xrodolfox let me know, and i'll see if I can sort something out!

[xrodolfox]

I will be purchasing these items ASAP.

I only miss a few items since going vegan, and one of them is "MANJAR", which I grew up eating in Chile. It is almost the same as the Argentine "dulce de leche". It isn't "caramel", but rather toasted sugars. It is amazing. I've had one vegan version, and it was so-so.

I will definitely be trying this on my own.

So much for hitting my target race weight.

edit: How the heck am I supposed to order these from Brazil via NZ? There's got to be direct to USA importer.
PS. I've gotten the dulce de soy before, and that was the one that was just OK. I'll try the condensed soy milk this go-around.

[loveliberate]

Rodolfo,
You could ask VeganEssentials. They are virtually your neighbors over in WI!

[skoptic]

Whoah, cool - good find! My favourite cake from childhood needs about 5 cans of this ... so I'll be trying to find it in the UK..... cake ahoy!!!!!!

[Alistar]

Yeah is quite delicious. Partner made "caramel slice" out of it after acquiring some about six months ago. Don't come across those rich flavours/ textures much in a vegan sweet. Quite expensive but worth it.

Remember stealing spoonfulls of condensed cows milk out of the fridge as a kid...

[Dawn]

If anyone finds this in the UK I would be very happy! Let's keep our eyes out. I know you can make vegan fudge without condensed milk but just imagine it with!
If anyone else loves that kind of sweet, caramel/vanilla flavour I thoroughly recommend The Raw Chocolate Company's Vannofe chocolate bars. They are so good. I'm addicted, I eat one a week. Okay, that's not really properly addicted but I do love them.

[Goob]

I've been making my own condensed soy milk for pumpkin pies since going vegan and it works just fine, so I would imagine canned condensed soy milk would be better because it will be more consistent. I've only condensed my own, but mixing powered soy milk with half the water called for in the directions is essentially the same thing. So, if you are having trouble finding the canned stuff and don't feel like stirring a pot of soy milk for hours, that is another option.

[skoptic]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Guli-Soymilk ... 351&sr=8-1

UK .. amazon ... kerching

[Dawn]

Wow! Well found. I'm going to get some and see what goodies I can make! What a treat.

[FormicaLinoleum]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Guli-Soymilk-Condensed-Milk/dp/B005WVPE12/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331497351&sr=8-1

UK .. amazon ... kerching

I ordered this, as back in the pre-gan days my partner absolutely loved condensed milk and would eat it from the can with a spoon.

She said the colour and texture of this stuff are slightly different, but the taste was incredibly similar. She absolutely loved it, and ate an entire can with a spoon within 12 hours. So, highly recommended!