wrong milk

[liverboys]

Can I use evaporated milk for a bannoffee pie - I thought I had condensed but obviously bought the wrong one! Do I need to add sugar? TIA

[merciasounds]

Nope, you can't use evaporated milk coz you have to boil the tin of condensed milk UNOPENED until it goes 'toffee-fied', you'd just burn the evap and sugar, else you'd have to stand there constantly stirring over a low heat for over two hours........................look at state of saucepan....go buy condensed milk!!

[puddicat]

mercia is right, but you can buy ready made spreadable toffee "Dulche De Leche" by merchant gourmet, available at decerning supermarkets,otherwise you will have to boil a tin of condensed milk for a couple of hours!!!

[spudqueen]

Or you can buy a tin of Carnation Caramel - ready boiled condensed milk.

[liverboys]

Many thanks folks, I took your advice and went out and bought condensed! Any good ideas what I can use the evaporated for?

[puddicat]

You could make a milk jelly with the carnation milk, half the quantity of water and half carnation milk to instructions on jelly packet, i whip the carnation till quite aerated, and then fold in to cool jelly liquid, dont do it when the jelly is till hot, i love it!!