Caramel Sauce – A Lovely Mess

This caramel sauce recipe is straightforward with simply 5 components and it solely takes about 20 minutes to make! If you would like salted caramel sauce, you merely add a bit of sea salt on the finish. Yum!

I like this home made caramel sauce on all kinds of issues, like drizzled over ice cream or on prime of a caramel macchiato. Irrespective of should you use this for desserts, drinks or in your subsequent baking challenge, you’ll love this straightforward caramel sauce recipe.

Associated: Test our caramel apples publish for the best way to make the most effective caramel coating for issues like apples. This recipe is extra of a pourable sauce.

Components

• Granulated white sugar
• Brown sugar
• Water
• Unsalted butter
• Heavy whipping cream

And flaky sea salt if you need salted caramel sauce.

Instructions

In a medium pot or sauce pan, mix the sugar, brown sugar and water. Cook dinner over medium warmth till the sugar dissolves, begins to bubble then turns an amber brown. This will likely take 5-7 minutes relying on how scorching you’ve got your temperature turned to. It’s finest simply to keep watch over it so it doesn’t get too darkish or burnt. 

Throughout this course of don’t stir the combination. If wanted, you’ll be able to swirl the pan, however keep away from stirring as splashing the combination up the perimeters of the (cool) pan may cause the sugar to crystalize.

As soon as it turns that deep amber brown, add within the remaining components. Watch out as you do as a result of the combination will bubble.

Proceed to prepare dinner over medium warmth for a further 3-4 minutes.

Permit the combination to chill for 10-Quarter-hour earlier than storing.

Do I would like a sweet thermometer?

No, however in case you have one, it does assist! You can also make caramel sauce by visible cues (the deepening amber colour) and scent (it’ll begin to scent bitter and burnt when it’s cooked too lengthy).

That being mentioned, should you do already personal a sweet thermometer, use it! The caramel sauce ought to attain round 220°F to 230°F (round 110°C). Some sweet thermometers have this marked as “mushy ball” stage and also you need to keep away from heating the sugar to “exhausting ball” stage as this may make a chewy, exhausting sweet versus a pourable sauce.

Why did my caramel sauce end up grainy?

In case your caramel sauce is grainy, your sugar has possible crystalized. This occurs should you stir and even swirl the pan an excessive amount of throughout cooking, inflicting the sugar to coat the perimeters of the pot the place it then cools.

To repair this, add a pair tablespoons of water to the sauce and warmth to dissolve the crystals.

How you can retailer caramel sauce

This sauce recipe does have to be saved within the fridge after it’s made (it accommodates dairy). You may retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge for a minimum of 2 weeks or for much longer should you select to freeze it.

Caramel sauce will harden when refrigerated, so it’s finest to retailer in a microwave-safe container so you’ll be able to simply soften/reheat it. You can too do that on the stovetop should you don’t need to use a microwave.

Why did my caramel sauce harden?

Possible your sugar acquired too scorching, and reached previous 240°F or “exhausting ball” stage. Once more, when you don’t completely have to make use of a sweet thermometer for this recipe, it may assist to keep away from heating the sugar an excessive amount of.

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