Caramel recipes

Step 1

Put the sugar and water in a pan, place on a medium/high heat. Take it from the fire once it has turned a nice brown colour. Do not stir, read below why.

Step 2

Add the cream immediately, take care, it will bubble a lot and it will be very hot.

Step 3

At the vanilla, salt and butter. Stir until all the butter has melted.

Step 4

Mix the cream, sugar and 80g of butter in a pan. Take quite a large pan, when the cream starts boiling it will rise quite a bit.

Step 5

Place on a medium/high heat and keep on heating until the caramel has turned the right colour. Stir regularly to prevent the cream from sticking on the bottom.

Step 6

Once you've reached your desired colour, turn off the heat and add the remaining butter. Stir until all the butter has melted.

Step 7

The reason for keeping back some butter here is to cool down the mixture and prevent further browning. You could add all at the start but then there's no way to stop it if it's just gone a little too far.