Dulce De Leche appears as a signature dish in 1 Argentina cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Dulce de Leche · Buenos Aires
Slow-caramelised sweetened milk: golden-brown, sticky, intensely sweet. Argentina's national sweet, the base of alfajores, helado, panqueques, layer cakes and breakfast tostadas.
Legend places dulce de leche in 1829 at a truce meeting between Juan Manuel de Rosas and Juan Lavalle in Caňuelas; a servant left milk and sugar on the stove and returned to caramelised gold. The story is unverified and similar preparations existed in France and Indonesia; Uruguay also claims invention. Estancia La Salamandra and La Serenisima industrialised it in the 20th century.
Where to eat in Buenos Aires:
- Confiteria La Argentina
- Las Violetas
- Havanna (flagship)
- Cocu Boulangerie