Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)

Name: Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 10 servings
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

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

65 min · serves 10

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

Steps

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

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Adapted from “Habichuela con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.