Habichuelas con Dulce (Habichuelas con dulce)
Overview
Habichuelas con dulce is a sweet, creamy bean soup from the Dominican Republic, eaten as a dessert. Red kidney beans are boiled with cinnamon sticks and cloves until very soft, then blended and strained to a smooth purée. This is cooked with coconut milk, evaporated milk and sugar, and flavoured with nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and a little salt. Small cubes of sweet potato and raisins are cooked in it until tender. The soup is served warm or chilled, topped with small crunchy milk biscuits or pieces of casabe, the cassava flatbread. It tastes like a spiced, rich bean pudding.
History
Habichuelas con dulce is closely linked with Lent and above all with Holy Week and Easter in the Dominican Republic. Families make large pots of it and send bowls and jars to neighbours, relatives and friends, and every household is proud of its own recipe. The custom of sharing it is so strong that many Dominicans abroad still make it every Easter.
Main ingredients
Red beans, coconut milk, evaporated milk, sweet potato, raisins, cinnamon. The soup is built on sweet bean and coconut milk and is usually served hot. Diet: vegetarian; usually gluten-free.
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Recipe
Method
- 11.5 h
Boil the beans with the cinnamon and cloves for 1.5 hours, until very soft.
- 2
Remove the spices, blend the beans with their liquid and strain.
- 3
Add the coconut milk, evaporated milk, sugar, nutmeg, ginger and salt and bring to a simmer.
- 420 min
Add the sweet potato and raisins and cook, stirring, for 20 minutes.
- 5
Serve warm or cold with milk biscuits.
- ✓
Serve. About 2h 15m from start to bowl.
Sources
Description, history and recipe written by SoupWiki and checked against the sources above. Calories and times are rough estimates.
