HABICHUELAS CON DULCE (SWEET CREAM OF BEANS)

Habichuelas con Dulce (Sweet Cream of Beans) image

This is a 100% Dominican Easter recipe. Give it a try and you wont regret. Serve warm or cold with milk cookies.

Provided by vaneblu

Time 2h15m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

2 pounds dry red kidney beans
6 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
2 pounds white sweet potatoes, peeled
3 ½ cups milk
2 (12 fluid ounce) cans evaporated milk
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
3 cups white sugar
1 ½ cups sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves, or to taste
1 cup raisins
4 teaspoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch ground ginger

Steps:

Place beans and cinnamon sticks in a large pot and add water to cover by 2 inches; bring to a boil. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, cover, and let soak for 1 hour.
Cube sweet potatoes and place in a large pot. Cover with salted water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
Puree beans and soaking water with an immersion blender until smooth. Pass blended beans through a colander.
Add milk, evaporated milk, and coconut milk. Turn on the heat to medium and add sugar, condensed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Cook, stirring every once in a while, for 15 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, raisins, butter, salt, vanilla, and ginger. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring every now and then, for 15 more minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 353 calories, Carbohydrate 62.4 g, Cholesterol 16.1 mg, Fat 7.5 g, Fiber 6.4 g, Protein 11.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 235.7 mg, Sugar 37.4 g