Caramel Sauce

Name: Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 10 serving
Ingredients: 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar; 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (85ml) water; 1/4 cup (56g) salted butter; 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream; 1/2 tsp fine sea salt

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Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings
10
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
European

Caramel Sauce

Iris Warren

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The best salted caramel sauce! So good you won't be able to resist eating it by the spoonful! So rich, so creamy and deliciously sweet with the perfect balance of salty. 1,000 times better than store-bought.

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Ingredients

Servings

1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (85ml) water
1/4 cup (56g) salted butter, diced into 1 Tbsp pieces
1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream
1/2 tsp fine sea salt, or more to taste

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Instructions

Gather all of your ingredients and have them nearby ready to add to the mixture as needed.
In a heavy-bottomed 2 - 3 quart saucepan (something that isn't dark on bottom so you can see the shade of caramel), heat sugar, salt and water over medium-high heat whisking constantly to dissolve sugar.
Once mixture reaches a boil, stop whisking and allow mixture to boil until it reaches a dark amber color, carefully swirling pan occasionally* (this will take time, so be patient. See photos below for the stages to watch for).
It will first bubble vigorously and steam and it will be a clear shade, then bubbling will continue but the bubbles will become smaller and slower and it will slowly tint yellowish, then orangish, then a deep reddish orange and that is what you are looking for.
Once mixture reaches a dark amber color, immediately add butter and whisk until butter has melted then immediately remove from heat.
Carefully pour in cream and immediately whisk with a long handled whisk to combine (it will bubble vigorously). Whisk until mixture is smooth.
Pour caramel into a glass jar to cool. Once cool, store in an airtight container in refrigerator.
Caramel sauce will be thicker once cooled to room temperature and much thicker once chilled.

Notes

*Note that if you are using a gas stove top I've found certain areas tend to cook faster on the gas stovetop, so if you start to see a darker area on the side you can give it a brisk whisking. Also using a wet pasty brush to wet down the dried sugar on the sides helps.