A sweet sauce or candy made from boiled goat's milk, sugar, and spices, popular in Mexican cuisine; similar to caramel or dulce de leche.
From Spanish cajeta, possibly derived from caja (box), as it was traditionally sold in small wooden boxes. The exact origin is debated, but it may relate to Basque or other Iberian sources.
Cajeta is Mexico's answer to dulce de leche—goat's milk gives it a slightly tangy complexity that's distinctly different from the sweet simplicity of cow's milk caramel.
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