Hospitality: Caramel Turtles Recipe

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
6,683
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Aug 13, 2009

Chef Chris Thielman demonstrates how to make caramel turtles. Thielman is a professor in the College of DuPage Hospitality Administration program.

Category:

Education

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 1 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (18)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • You can use any size pecans you want. If you use the pecan halves it would probably have a little more "wow" factor. If you want to make the classic turtle shape-take 5 pecan halves and arrange them so they look like a turtle with a head and 4 legs. Then drop the caramel inbetween the pieces so it looks like the body. Or you can take the pecans and put them in a single layer on the parchment lined pan and put the caramel in pools. Have fun!

    Chef Chris

  • Hey Chef: Thanks for posting your method. When you put the pecans in the tray, how fine should I chop them? And could you line up the entire pecans side to side before you let the caramel drip on top?

  • Yes, you need to add the cream so the caramel is slightly soft. Milk doesn't work very well also. It doesn't dissolve into the caramel as readily.

    Chef Chris

  • I should have added the cream..waaaay to hard!

  • Thank you for making it so easy to learn.

    Best Regards,

    Queen Happytude

    Red Hat Society

  • You put them in the refrigerator to set the caramel. It makes them easy to handle. Maybe 30 minutes or so. You are correct in that the caramel will be hard right out of the fridge. Let them warm up and they will sofeten. You can store them at room temperature with out a problem.

    Enjoy!

    Chef Chris

  • How long do you refrigerate them after you put the melting carmel on the peacans? I think i lefted them in the refrigerator a litle bit to long because the carmel was to hard when you bite into them other then that i think they turned out ok. Is it possible to let them set at room temperature?

  • guys im trying to make this on monday did anyone try it yet was it good

  • @chefcct Ah, thank you!

  • @FireyNinja

    The first thing you need to check is the chocolate itself. Chocolate that is made with cocoa butter is a little more sensitive than so called "imitation" chocolate- or chocolate that is made with vegetable oil. The method is to put it in the microwave and stir about every 10 seconds or so. it sounds like you are doing it correctly. I hope this helps!

    Chef Chris

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more