Good Eats Dulce De Leche

"I love dulce de leche. Here is Alton's way of making it, from the Milk Made episode."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 5mins
Ingredients:
4
Yields:
1 cup
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine the milk, sugar, vanilla bean and seeds in a large, 4-quart saucepan and place over medium heat.
  • Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Once the sugar has dissolved, add the baking soda and stir to combine.
  • Reduce the heat to low and cook uncovered at a bare simmer. Stir occasionally, but do not re-incorporate the foam that appears on the top of the mixture. Continue to cook for 1 hour.
  • Remove the vanilla bean after 1 hour and continue to cook until the mixture is a dark caramel color and has reduced to about 1 cup, approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  • Strain the mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Store in the refrigerator in a sealed container for up to a month.

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Reviews

  1. Wow! This was delicious! And easy to make - tasted just like caramel.
     
  2. This was a really good recipe, just a little too sweet for my tastebuds. Admittedly, I used skim milk and reduced the sugar to 1 cup (then again, I used brown sugar, so it was sweeter), 2 tsp of real vanilla extract. It took around 4 hours to completely thicken, and due to laziness (it was 1am) I decided to add 1 tsp of cornstarch dissolved in 1 tbsp cold water. Worked like a charm, and my mixture thickened almost instantaneously :/ Not completely authentic if you follow my method, but hey, its good:)
     
  3. Perfect recipe. I had to cook it much longer to get the right consistency but I did triple the recipe. Also I didn't strain it, I don't think it is necessary. Thank you.
     
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