Salted caramel

Salted caramel
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Girls share everything. This particular time I’m talking about an electrolysis session, and I’m deeply sorry if I’ve made anyone nauseous by talking about hair while introducing a recipe.

All this to say that between two conversations, Lison told me that she had the world’s best caramel recipe. I only half-believed her, because everyone says they have the best recipe.

I had to test it before I would back her up and admit it was by far the best caramel I’ve ever tasted. The fact that it was so easy to make (the rule of thumb at Three Times a Day) also helped win me over.

Yes, Lison, you were right.

  • ServesYields 8 cups
  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Timeout5 min
  • FreezingFreezes well

Ingredients

  • 4 cups brown sugar (1 bag, 2.2 lb)
  • 2 cups 35% cream
  • 1 1/4 cup (1 can, 300 ml) sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 cups light corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel (or sea salt)

Steps

  1. In a large pot, combine the brown sugar and cream over very low heat. Bring to a boil (may take up to 25 minutes, so be patient).
  2. Simmer for 5 minutes and remove from heat.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and let stand for 5 minutes.
  4. Transfer to airtight containers (will keep for up to 3 months in the fridge).

Tips & tricks

*For best results, use light-coloured ingredients; it looks nicer, since the caramel is, well, caramel-coloured and not dark brown.

**For extra crunch, add the salt after the caramel has cooled, so it doesn’t melt.

Recipe published on August 19, 2018