How To Make Caramel Sauce

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Caramel Sauce! How can you live without this stuff on your Ice Cream, or Cake? If you've been scared off by all the warnings about how hard it is to make, don't worry; this recipe is a snap.

Caramel Sauce! How can you live without this stuff on your Ice Cream, or Cake? If you've been scared off by all the warnings about how hard it is to make, don't worry; this recipe is a snap and is ready in no time.

Now I hear all the purists out there screaming that you can't whisk boiling sugar! "It'll crystalise and turn to rock candy!!" they will tell you... Well yes and no. If you made this just with white sugar, then you would have to follow all the rules: No stirring, use a wet pastry brush to 'paint down the sides' of the pot. Ugh!

By using just a small amount of corn syrup, we avoid all of those hassles. The corn syrup keeps disaster at bay, and allows you to stir / whisk the sugar - this adds a comfort level for those of us who can't just stand there.

Make sure you use a pot that is large enough... This will boil up furiously when the cream is added, and you don't want sticky, super hot sugar all over the stove-top and you hands!

So Whisk away, and try not to eat it all at once.

Ingredients:

1c Sugar
1-2 Tblsp Corn Syrup (light or dark, whatever is available)
2 Tblsp Water
1c Heavy Cream (35% fat whipping cream)



Method:

-In a heavy bottom pot combine sugar, water and corn syrup.
-Heat at med-high whisking as the sugar dissolves and starts to boil.
-Cook just until golden brown and you get that 'caramel' smell.
-Turn off heat and add cream to pot all at once, and whisk to incorporate.
-Allow to cool slightly, then pour into heat proof container.

Read more and see the video here: How To Make Caramel Sauce | Baking and Recipe Videos on Le Gourmet TV http://www.legourmet.tv/baking/caramel_sauce_recipe.html#ixzz15rqQv4Pk

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[cooklikeja]

Melting the sugar and water first would be easier for beginners cause adding the corn syrup at the first place would only make the sugar heavier causing it to heat up slower :) I'd usually add the corn syrup once the sugar is boiling.

[legourmettv]

@cooklikeja Adding the corn syrup right at the start completely removes the chance of the sugar crystalising - which is what makes this easier for beginners… The 'weight' of the corn syrup doesn't change the time it takes to heat up.

[Mrgolibaaz]

have u used whipped cream?? r can u please tell me wat cream to use actually i am not gettin wat cream u have usedd

[legourmettv]

@Mrgolibaaz we use 35% fat cream - here in Canada it's called whipping cream.

[angls1322]

Can you add pecans and make pralines with this carmel??

[legourmettv]

@angls1322 as long as it's heat proof and won't shatter.

[Cutler90]

How simple is that! i'll try!~ ^^

[KiriouSs]

no butter? o.O

[TheDragonfire09]

This recipe is great and simple



[tearcatcher24]

can i use marshmallows to make it thick? i wanna make a caramel fudge...

[buckweetable]

can you use something apart from cornstarch?