Preparation time : 5 minutes
Cooking time : 5-6 minutes
Serves : 5 members
Description
My recent love for any thing with caramel is on zooming high rate. When I crave for any thing sweet, the first thing that pops up in my mind is silk, smooth, melt in the mouth golden caramel . The first time I got to taste this goodness was at my friend’s place in Exeter, United Kingdom . It was on a rare day that we both alone went shopping together wondering the very English streets, enjoying every second of our girl time in style. She took me to a chocolate shop, where I bought a few expensive chocolate boxes for home and to be gifted to my in- laws. Just before billing I grabbed a packet that was placed in the billing counter. Back home the entire family started to taste the chocolates one box after the other. Only when this packet was tasted I got to know it was caramel squares with rock salt in them. Melt in the mouth goodness that sure did hit the right spot. At that moment I just lost myself with the caramel taking over me. I made sure to hide the entire packet and eat it all by myself. Shame less, greedy, mean me… My kids were small then but even that didn’t stop me from doing so. I know each mom in this world has her own secret of doing such silly things. Ever since.. Caramel is on my top list no matter what form it is in. I always buy ready made caramel sauce and stock it up in the refrigerator. Drizzle it over any thing and every thing possible. Once, I needed the caramel sauce to be drizzled over a dates cake and found none. But I needed the caramel sauce for sure. I remembered saving a recipe for instant caramel sauce. Searched and found it . Followed the recipe and there I had a caramel sauce that was a million times better than the store brought liquid ones. This was smooth, thick, gooey and like silk. A recipe for sure keeps. Now the problem is.. A lot more of licking will be done to the caramel sauce adding tons of calories into the fat me
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Sugar | 3 cups |
| Butter | 50 grams |
| Water | 1 teaspoon |
| Vanilla essence | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Cream | 2 cups |
| Salt | a pinch |
Method
- Heat sugar with water over a wide pan. Do not stir. Once the sugar melts and is caramelised to a light brown colour.
- Add butter and mix well. Remove from heat adding a pinch of salt.
- Add cream and vanilla essence. mix vigorously to combine to get a thick gooey caramel sauce. Taste and adjust sugar and salt.
