I think I spelled the right, and quite frankly, I'm too damn lazy to actually google it. It's burnt milk candy in spanish! So long story short, when I was a kid there was this little ol' chain of mexican restaurants called The Monterrey House in DFW. So yummy! And they put these delicious little candies in the bottom of the chip basket. They were like sugar that melted in your mouth. Well years later, I've been trying to figure out what those little candies were. I finally figured it out...leche quemada. And I found a thread buried somewhere on the internet precisely about those little Monterrey House candies and a they posted a recipe that takes 4 hours. Four hours? Are they kidding me? This recipe is like fudge. Can you imagine 4 hours of cooking something like fudge? Who has time for that? I made it in the microwave in about 30 minutes. It came out the right consistency (ok ok...I did have to figure out the microwaving as it took about 3 rounds of microwaving and whisking), and it tasted just like I remembered. I'm also too lazy to find the recipe right this moment, so if you're curious look for leche quemada recipe and it's the one with a four hour cook time. You'll find it, don't worry, it's very rare to find a recipe for that candy online for some odd reason -- there's like 2 or maybe 3. Once I am fully conscious later this weekend (a certain baby just woke me), I'll see if I can figure out how to add my special microwaving technique to the recipe and post it.
Speaking of the Monterrey House. I feel the need to apologize to them for my 6 year old self who threw up a lovely shade of pale pink milk all over one of their tables once. My mom had taken me to the dentist and then we met my dad at the restaurant. Well...let's just say no one told me not to swallow the fluoride. It was not pleasant, and I think my poor mother died of embarrassment. I did feel much better after said puking and had a lovely plate of cheese enchiladas and that yummy candy. Sigh...oh the memories of childhood.
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