What is that one dessert thing?

[Puggles]

The mystery deepens...

Can you describe any more precisely what it looks like!? And given it is small, is it one per person?

The quantities might be related to a world record for the product I'm thinking of, might not necessarily be the proper amount of ingredients, but I just called my brother, and he knows what I'm referring to, and he's been bugged by this exact thing on and off for years, so he wants the answer too. He's asking his people to see if he can get an answer for this question. The final result was a very rich, calorie-dense block, or bar of "whatever." There was cream, butter, eggs, sugar, chocolate, and condensed milk. There might be more ingredients. I would need acid to unlock that part of my mind, but since I don't want to end up in the hospital or in jail for waving my genitals at traffic, I'll have to let it come to me the natural way.

 

[Puggles]

This is the closest I could come so far. I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but the instructions (step 2) are similar to what I was thinking.
Mysost/Brunost

 

[Barriehie]

Depending on how you thicken the final result milk pudding gets concentrated. Dont know what it's called in other places.

 

[Morning Glory]

No chocolate in the brunost, or sugar. This is a fairly simple recipe with only two ingredients calling for very slow cooking and reduction of the milk/ whey until the natural sugars become caramelised.

I'm confused now.

 

[Puggles]

No chocolate in the brunost, or sugar. This is a fairly simple recipe with only two ingredients calling for very slow cooking and reduction of the milk/ whey until the natural sugars become caramelised.

I'm confused now.

That's just a running theory, I'm still looking.

 

[Morning Glory]

My partner told me one upon a time about the brown cheese from Norway. He rememembered it from his childhood, shipped into Sunderland from Norway. It was a sweet fudgy treat. So, perhaps this is what you meant after all. No complex ingredients, simply long slow cooking of whey to a brown reduction. As you say, a little brown block.

 

[Windigo]

Windigo has posted about kladdkaka, which is delish BTW, but I believe it is Nordic, Swedish maybe?

Yes it's Swedish and doesn't have a huge amount of ingredients so I am unsure what is meant

 

[Windigo]

Sachertorte?

That or black forest cake? Which is also German

 

[medtran49]

Yes it's Swedish and doesn't have a huge amount of ingredients so I am unsure what is meant

It was huge amount of each ingredient.

 

[TastyReuben]

Where did you first hear of it, Puggles ?

 

[Puggles]

Where did you first hear of it, Puggles ?

Something I'm pretty sure about is that I read this 25 years ago in an edition of "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader". Seriously, some of the best reading material to have on hand in the bathroom. Filled with interesting stuff. All things aside, it would be something most people here would enjoy. There are many editions.

 

[Z-Cook]

My partner told me one upon a time about the brown cheese from Norway. He rememembered it from his childhood, shipped into Sunderland from Norway. It was a sweet fudgy treat. So, perhaps this is what you meant after all. No complex ingredients, simply long slow cooking of whey to a brown reduction. As you say, a little brown block.

That sounds like Gjetost or Brunost cheese - sweet caramel-tasting almost fudge like. I had a Norwegian friend that used to bring back blocks of it with her when she lived in London and I was often given and it. It can be found at well stocked cheese shops. It's made by boiling down huge amounts of whey and caramelising. Perhaps it's a dessert made with it? This is a creme brulee.

 

[badjak]

Toffee?
It's small, brownish & sweet...

 

[Morning Glory]

That sounds like Gjetost or Brunost cheese - sweet caramel-tasting almost fudge like. I had a Norwegian friend that used to bring back blocks of it with her when she lived in London and I was often given and it. It can be found at well stocked cheese shops. It's made by boiling down huge amounts of whey and caramelising. Perhaps it's a dessert made with it? This is a creme brulee.

Yes, that is what I was referring to. I was referring to the the mention of Gjetost/brunost made by Puggles earlier in ths thread. Sorry, I didn't make that clear.

 

[Z-Cook]

Another guess, geography mentioned aside, is some sort of milk reduction based Indian and South Asian sweets or Mithai like Barfi. Or perhaps inspired on based on. Often referred as Indian milk sweets, associated but not confined to the Hindu festival of Diwali.Typically no eggs, tho, but many, many, many versions and classical/original versions would boil down and reduce milk/cream with sugar and other ingredients, almost like fudge and may be even the origin of fudge. Modern recipes typically use condensed milk and/or milk powder. Almost always served in small servings similar in size and presentation to European confectionery like petit fours, marzipan shapes (which can contain eggs), chocolates and the like.