Food Network: Dulce de Leche

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Dulce de Leche
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2007

Ingredients
1 quart whole milk
12 ounces sugar, approximately 1 1/2 cups
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions
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.