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Leche

By Chelsie Kenyon, About.com

Definition: "Milk"

Used in dessert recipes such as Tres Leches Cake and Arroz Con Leche, which is a Mexican rice pudding. Milk is also used in coffee to make Cafe Con Leche.

Milk is a more recent addition to Mexican cuisine. The more common forms of dairy are crema, cheese and condensed milk.

Pronunciation: LEH-chay

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