Vegan fried milk
* Plus 30 minutes of refrigeration
Leche frita («fried milk») is a typical Holy Week dessert, usually square in shape (about 3 cm across and about 2 cm thick), with a soft texture and an interior very similar to custard, but denser.
This 100% plant-based version is like the orange pastry cream we made to fill the coca de Sant Joan, but without the juice and with a little more cornstarch so that it has more consistency, and a little less sugar because the finishing touch is the coating of sugar and cinnamon.
This makes the recipe very easy to prepare, as it is made with very simple ingredients that we usually have in the kitchen and that are very easy to find.
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- Step 1We wrap a square or rectangular container with transparent film and, in a saucepan, heat the soy milk with the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel.
- Step 2When it starts to boil, reduce the heat, remove the lemon peel and cinnamon stick, and add the 65 gr. whole cane sugar. Stir and remove from the heat, continuing to stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Step 3Remove a cup of the milk from the saucepan, remove the starch and stir well so that it falls apart completely and there are no lumps.
- Step 4We put the saucepan back on the fire and, with this last low, add the contents of the cup. When we see that it begins to thicken, which is almost instantaneous, we extinguish the fire.
- Step 5We put the mixture in the container we have with the transparent film and put it in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Step 6After this time, we take the mixture out of the freezer and cut it into square pieces of about 3 cm with a height of 2 cm
- Step 7In a frying pan, we heat enough oil to fry, and put the flour on a plate. Rebozamos the pieces in the flour and, when the oil is hot, we frying the pieces in batches, trying to brown on all sides without burning. As they are golden, we take them out and place them on a plate with absorbent paper.
- Step 8In another dish, we toss the sugar and the cinnamon to coat, we mix and, when we have all the pieces fried, we go over them in the mixture. When all the pieces are breaded, serve them warm or cold.