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Caramel sauce

Caramel sauce

This sauce is good poured over cakes, pancakes, ice cream, a banana split, baked apples... or just licked straight from the spoon. Add a dash of bourbon for a boozy kick or a few squares of dark chocolate for extra richness.

Makes 450ml 

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  • Makes1
  • CourseAccompaniment
  • Prepare5 mins
  • Cook10 mins
  • Total time15 mins
  • Pluscooling

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Ingredients

  • 75g dark brown soft sugar
  • 75g golden syrup
  • 150ml double cream
  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 125g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • Good pinch sea salt flakes

Method

  1. Put the brown sugar, syrup, cream and butter in a small pan and set over a low heat. Melt the butter and dissolve the brown sugar, then bring to the boil, remove from the heat and keep warm.

  2. Tip the caster sugar into a medium saucepan (not small, as the caramel will bubble up quite furiously as it cooks) with 2 tbsp water. Set over a low-medium heat and, without stirring, swirl the pan to dissolve the sugar. If any sugar crystals form on the side of the pan, brush with a clean pastry brush dipped in water.

  3. Once all the sugar has dissolved, bring the syrup to the boil and continue to cook steadily and without stirring until it becomes a rich amber colour – about 5-7 minutes. Take the pan off the heat, then carefully and slowly add the hot cream and sugar mixture. Stir to combine, then return the pan to a low heat and simmer for a further 30 seconds. Stir in the vanilla and salt, then set aside to cool, covering the surface with cling film after 5 minutes (or tip into a large, warm, sterilised jar). Store in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Nutritional

Typical values per item when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

923kJ/ 221kcals

Fat

11.8g

Saturated Fat

7.5g

Carbohydrates

28.3g

Sugars

28.3g

Fibre

0g

Protein

0.3g

Salt

0.3g

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