Brigadeiro without condensed milk: how to make it and 6 recipes!

Chocolate is delicious and comes in many different shapes and forms for our consumption. Brigadeiro without condensed milk is a wonder that makes us forget our problems and it is hard to find someone who does not like this delight.

Today, with so many people deprived of consumption due to problems with gluten, lactose and sugar, the “traditional” brigadeiro has been adapted so that everyone can consume it safely. Therefore, read below some delicious brigadeiro recipes.

1 – EASY BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT CONDENSED MILK

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup of milk
• 4 tablespoons of chocolate powder
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butterl

HOW TO PREPARE BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT CONDENSED MILK:

Place 1 cup of milk, 4 tablespoons of chocolate powder, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter in a pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Stir for approximately 35 minutes until thickened.

2 – BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT CONDENSED MILK QUICKLY

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup of milk
• 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

Place 1 cup of milk, 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter in a pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Stir for approximately 35 minutes until thickened. Allow to cool and serve as a spoon or to make balls.

3 – BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT TRADITIONAL CONDENSED MILK

(LACTOSE FREE, EGG FREE AND GLUTEN FREE)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons of sugar 
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable cream
• 400 g of chopped lactose-free semisweet chocolate 

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. Place all the ingredients in a small saucepan and heat over low heat until melted. If you start to notice that the pan is getting too hot, remove the pan from the heat and continue stirring until completely melted.
2. Return the pan to the heat and stir for 2 minutes. Attention: Do not wait for it to reach brigadeiro consistency because that will never happen. Once it has melted, it has become slightly creamy, just turn off the heat.  
3. Remove from heat and now it's up to you: if you're going to use it as a soft brigadeiro and serve it in cups, you can distribute it in the cups.
4. Don't eat it hot, it tastes better cold. If you want to roll it, put it in the fridge until it's firm. You don't need to grease your hands with anything to roll it, the brigadeiro dough is very firm and doesn't stick to your hands.

4 – BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT CONDENSED MILK FROM A PAN

INGREDIENTS:

• 02 tablespoons of margarine
• 03 tablespoons of sugar
• 04 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 01 glass of whole milk

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. Over low heat, add the margarine, sugar, cocoa powder and the glass of whole milk.
2. Then mix well until the ingredients are incorporated and continue stirring until it reaches the brigadeiro consistency. Finally, sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles and serve.

5 – WHITE BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT CONDENSED MILK

INGREDIENTS:

• 03 tablespoons of sugar
• 01 glass of whole milk
• 02 tablespoons of margarine

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. Place all the ingredients in a pan, heat and stir until thickened. It takes a while to reach the desired consistency. Let it cool and then serve.

6 – BRIGADEIRO WITHOUT FUNCTIONAL CONDENSED MILK

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups of green banana biomass
• 2 tablespoons of chickpea flour.
• If you want protein brigadeiros, you can use rice protein or whey protein isolate (if you are not allergic to milk protein).
• 1 cup of melted lactose-free cocoa chocolate minimum 60%

OR

• 3 tablespoons cocoa or chocolate powder
• chopped chestnuts or grated coconut for rolling

METHOD OF PREPARATION

• Mix all the ingredients and cook over low heat, stirring until thickened. Let cool, make balls and roll them in chopped nuts. Refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Do you know the origin of condensed milk? And the name “leite moça”?

Industrialized condensed milk was invented in 1856, when American Gail Borden tried to dehydrate cow's milk and realized that, before turning into powder, the product became a delicious cream.

Four years later, the recipe became famous during the American Civil War, when the product began to be transported by troops and became known throughout the country.

In 1857, the first condensed milk production company, Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk, was founded in Switzerland. From then on, the product became popular throughout Europe.

Condensed milk only arrived in Brazil in 1890, when it began to be imported from the United States. It was considered a food for children and mothers who were unable to breastfeed their babies and therefore offered condensed milk in baby bottles.

It became one of the most popular products among Brazilians when presidential candidate Brigadier Eduardo Gomes distributed the brigadeiro sweet among the population during election campaigns to raise funds in 1945.

It began to be incorporated into many other sweet preparations on the tables of thousands of Brazilians. In fact, many collected the recipes that were printed on the cans of the first products. And of course, without chocolate, there is no brigadeiro.

And confectioner Heloisa Nabuco de Oliveira, who at the time was a fervent supporter of the presidential candidate, invented a sweet made from condensed milk, butter and chocolate to raise funds for the electoral campaign.

When Nestlé opened its first factory in the country, in 1921, it did not hesitate and adopted the name that was already on everyone's lips: Leite Moça.

Inspired by its competitor, Nestlé created packaging featuring a young Swiss peasant woman in typical 19th-century attire.

When milk was exported to other countries, equivalent names were created in each language, always associated with the figure of the typical peasant woman with her buckets of milk. In Spanish, for example, it became La Lechera.

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