milk jam

one of the fun things about travelling is experiencing the different foods (i.e. sweets) that we don't have here. i am easily intrigued by things and the milk jam you see above caught my interest while in paris. i purchased it, and have used it to spread on toast a couple times, but i wanted to see what other options i had before emptying this expensive jar of "jam."

this one says you can put it in your coffee or hot chocolate of course adding it to your breakfast yogurt could be interesting. or you could make it yourself and add it to one of the most complex recipes i have seen in awhile (look at that ingredient list!!). who knew they used to have pots made just for this stuff. of course i think using it as a filling for eclairs is a winning idea.

so my biggest question in doing research was - is this stuff just dulce de leche? it seems to be so. although the jar i have has fleur de sel in it as well (you all know my passion for caramel and salt). however, it doesn't have quite the consistency that dulce de leche has so i am not convinced that it is exactly the same (ok ok the ingredients are the same).

the little jars i bought are actually labeled milk pudding instead of milk jam like the larger jar, although the french translation, confiture de lait, is the same. milk pudding didn't turn up a lot of hits on google that seemed relevant.

so there you have it, one of my paris purchases in the foodie category. there are some of my other caramel purchases in the picture as well (i have yet to try the caramel/sea salt lollipops).