Dulche de Leche - For You and Pressies for Christmas
One of the perks of preserving stuff and putting it up in your pantry is that you can quite economically prepare a small hamper as a present for a friend or a loved one out of what you have in stock. This is one of the other reasons I make so much as I have found over the years that people who are busy often quite welcome home made preserves, because of the flavours and they have not had to go to the trouble of making something themselves. I therefore see this as a win win situation. I am always keen to use the equipment that I have to hand and also preserving something which I do not have to nurse and so frees me up to do other things i.e. multi-tasking. A slow cooker fits into this wish list very nicely. I like Dulche de Leche (toffee sauce). You do not need much of it, but to buy it in the shop it costs an arm and a leg for a jar so for me it makes sense to make it yourself, keep what you want and then dish it out as presents to friends and family alike. ...