Habichuelas con Dulce [Video+Recipe] Sweet Cream of Beans

Learn how to make habichuelas con dulce (sweet cream of beans), one of our most popular desserts. It is a delicious Lent tradition in the Dominican Republic.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Dominican

Keyword dominican bean dessert, dulce de habichuela, habichuela con dulce en ingles, habichuela dulce, helado de habichuela con dulce

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 55

Total Time 1 5

Servings servings

Calories 553kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

4 cups boiled red kidney beans (or cranberry or pinto beans)
6 cup water from boiling the beans (add tap water if you use canned beans)
2 cup coconut milk
3 cup evaporated milk
½ teaspoons salt
1 cup sugar (white, granulated)
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cinnamon sticks
10 cloves
½ pound batata (sweet potato) [0.24 kg], cut into small cubes
½ cup raisins

To garnish

8 pieces casabe (cassava bread), may be omitted
2 teaspoons salted butter may be omitted
1 cup milk cookies (see notes)

Instructions

1. Blending

Put the beans (and the water in which they boiled) in a blender and puree. Strain the beans to get rid of the skins and undissolved solids.

2. Boiling

Pour the beans, coconut milk, evaporated milk, salt, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, and sweet potatoes into a pot.
Simmer over very low heat until the sweet potatoes are cooked through. Stir regularly to avoid sticking.
Add the raisins and simmer for another 10 minutes (don't worry that it may look too thin, the cream of beans will get much thicker when chilled). Remove the cinnamon sticks (and cloves, if you like).

3. Chilling

Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Chill before serving.

4. Toasting casabe

Spread butter on the cassava bread and toast in the oven until it turns golden brown.

5. Serve

Serve the beans with the cassava on the side. Put cookies in the beans when you serve.

Video

Notes

Cookie substitute

No milk cookies? Use Animal Crackers (Amazon affiliate link). They are nearly identical in taste and texture to the traditional ones, only in different shapes.

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