Sometimes, a recipe will call for the ingrediente… and what to do if where you live Evaporated Milk isn’t a thing? You make at home!
What it is Evaporated Milk?
Evaporated Milk is literally what the name tells: milk where some water was removed by evaporation. Generally, 60% of the moisture is removed.
But the big difference, the factories use specifics machines where the milk boiling point is modified.
It isn’t just boiling the milk until reaches 194-212F/90-100°C, there higher temperatures change the color and final flavor because the caramelization and Maillard Reaction.
So, a vacuum evaporation is used which you can control the pressure (then vapor pressure) and the liquid boils in a lower temperature. For Evaporated Milk, the temperature ranges between 104-158F/40-70ºC and caramelization and Maillard is more controlled.
The process is almost the same for Sweetened condensed milk, the major difference: condensed milk is added sugar.
