Cookbook:Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)

Habichuela con dulce, also known as sweet beans or sweet cream of beans is a Dominican dessert that is mostly made during Good Friday.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups soft-boiled red kidney beans
 * ½ cup raisins


 * 3 cups evaporated milk


 * 2 cups sweetened condensed milk


 * ½ tsp salt (or 1 pinch)
 * 1 cup granulated sugar
 * 1 tsp vanilla extract
 * 2 cinnamon sticks
 * 10 cloves
 * 1 sweet potato (batata), cubed small
 * Milk cookies

Procedure

 * 1) Blend cooked beans, including the water they cooked in, into a purée.
 * 2) Strain beans into a pot in order to get rid of any skins.
 * 3) Mix in sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, sweet potatoes, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.
 * 4) Simmer over low heat until the sweet potatoes are fully cooked. Stir occasionally so that it will not stick on the bottom.
 * 5) Add raisins and simmer for 10 minutes. You can also add the milk cookies if you want them to become soft.
 * 6) Remove beans from heat.
 * 7) If you want, you may remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves.
 * 8) Serve beans in a bowl, and add milk cookies on top. You may serve warm or chilled.