Homemade caramel in a jar - basic recipe

Ingredients

Our treat consists of just three ingredients: sugar, heavy cream and butter. To make delicious caramel in a jar, you will need:

1. Sugar - 200 gr
2. Cream of 35% - 180 gr
3. Butter - 100g
4. Heavy bottomed saucepan
5. Wooden spoon or spatula.

Cooking caramel

Let's break down the cooking process into basic steps:

1. Sugar should be evenly poured into a saucepan and put on a low heat. Do not touch the sugar while it is melting: you can tilt the pan, so that the sugar does not stick.
2. Separately heat the cream.
3. Dice the butter as you will need it later.
4. When the sugar turns amber in color and begins to boil slowly - pour in the heated cream gradually, stirring with a spoon for about ten minutes.
5. Strain the product through a strainer.
6. Stir in the butter until smooth. When cooled, the caramel will become thicker, so pour into a jar while it is liquid.

How you can add to a basic caramel recipe

1. Soft salted caramel was invented back in 1980 by pastry chef Henri Le Rue from the Brittany region. He made it with the addition of a typical local product - salted butter. All you need to do is add half a teaspoon of salt to the base and you get a real salted caramel.
2. Spices and aromatic herbs are added to the cream before heating. Vanilla and / or tonka beans work best, but dried lavender flowers, lemongrass, citrus zest or coffee will also give the most interesting flavor experiences.

Coconut Caramel in a Jar

For vegans or for fans of flavorful exotics, there is coconut milk caramel. It can also be salted. The ingredient list looks something like this:

1. Coconut milk - 400 ml
2. Coconut sugar - 100g
3. Sea salt - half a teaspoon
4. Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon.
5. Vanillin or vanilla extract

In this variant, vegetable milk is first poured into a saucepan, in which sugar and salt are immediately poured. Stirring the mixture, you need to bring it to a boil. Cook over medium heat for 30-40 minutes. When the mass becomes golden amber, add the butter and vanilla, and after 5 minutes, remove it from the fire.

This is just a basic recipe that gives room for culinary creativity. Enjoy a wonderful homemade dessert and don't forget to check out the Wander catalog! To enjoy the ingenious results of the experiments of our professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers. We have incredible caramels in jars: with mango and passion fruit puree or tangerine and calamansi, with coffee and real Breton with salt.

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