Caramel Sauce

Prep time: 20 minutes

Yield: 1 cup

Can be frozen
INGREDIENTS
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup 35% cream 
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter 
TIPS and thoughts
  • Hint of flavour: add a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract or rum.
  • Perfect sauce on ice cream, apple crumble, cakes and profiteroles.
STEPS
  1. In a saucepan, melt sugar over low-medium heat.
    • Do not stir.
    • You can swirl the pan for redistributing sugar.
  2. Heat cream in the microwave and set aside.
    • Should take less than a minute.
  3. Get butter ready,
  4. Cook sugar until it melted and turns amber.
    • Keep an eye on it. As soon as most the sugar is melted, give the pan a swirl to melt the rest of the sugar.
    • Don’t let it get too dark, you want a light/medium brown.
  5. Reduce heat.
  6. Carefully add cream.
    • Sugar will harden as you add cream. At first, the cream will bubble and get very hot. 
  7. With a wooden spoon or silicone spatula, stir constantly and add butter.
  8. Keep stirring until sugar is dissolved.
    • Should take 4 to 5 minutes. 
    • Sugar may not fully dissolve.
  9. Strain sauce into a container.