How to make caramel from sugar: a homemade recipe

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Caramel is roasted sugar. To create a hard caramel do not use anything other than it. For soft caramel, water is added, then the finished product is more viscous. The finished caramel has a rich amber color and a sweet taste.

The history of sweetness

The name comes from the French word caramel. However, not only this country considers itself the founder of caramel production, but also Great Britain, the USA and many others. Production technology became popular during the XIV-XVI centuries, gaining immense popularity among different segments of the population.

In Russia, the so-called cockerels and bunnies were produced in large quantities, which are in demand among the common people, since it was cheap and easy to make caramel from sugar.

Sugar caramel recipe

Sometimes this method is called a recipe for making liquid caramel. Unlike "dry", it remains viscous longer. For cooking you will need:

• deepmetal utensils;
• 300 grams of granulated sugar;
• 100ml water;
• 50 grams of butter;
• mixing spoon;
• protective gloves;
• clothing that covers hands;
• glasses.

The pot, bowl or deep frying pan should be light in color to make it easier to see the caramelization process. Dishes must be free of dirt, as they can lead to an irreversible reaction in which sugar will begin to crystallize in places where dirt accumulates, without turning into caramel.

Heated sugar can cause burns if it comes into contact with the skin, so wear long sleeves and gloves. Eyes should also be protected using goggles.

Cooking steps:

1. Pour a layer of white sugar on the bottom of the container, pour water, leaving no dry places. Only white sugar will give the desired consistency of caramel, since making caramel from other types of sugar will not work due to the impurities it contains.
2. Turn on the stove to medium power so that the sugar begins to dissolve faster. Break any clots with a spoon.
3. Cover the container so that the sugar left on the walls of the dish mixes with the condensate and sinks.
4. At the moment the mixture begins to boil, turn down the heat and set aside the hot sugar. If the caramel has not acquired an amber hue, heat again.
5. Add oil to mixture and stir. Pour caramel into molds or place on a flat, soft cutting board. Aftercooling layer break into small pieces.

Product ready.

How to cook caramel in the microwave?

This method will allow you to make sugar caramel at home in just 15 minutes. The consistency of the finished product will be similar to soft toffee.

For cooking you will need:

• refined white sugar - 200 grams;
• s alt - 2 grams;
• vanillin - 3 grams;
• condensed milk - 100 ml;
• honey – 100 ml;
• uns alted butter - 100 grams.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Melt the butter in a deep bowl, putting it in the microwave for half a minute.
2. Mix sugar, honey and condensed milk, combine with butter. The dishes should be very deep, as the caramel will create a lot of foam and rise during cooking.
3. Put the dish with the mixture in the microwave for nine minutes at 1000 W. When the future caramel becomes a pronounced brown color, turn off the microwave and remove the dish with the mixture to cool.
4. Pour the resulting caramel into a large form for cooling, after brushing it with oil, and sprinkle with vanilla.
5. After cooling, cut it into pieces and sprinkle with a little s alt.

Microwave sugar caramel is ready.

Caramel for cakes

Below is a recipe for layer cake with caramel. This cake has a bright and rich taste.

For making doughyou will need:

• a dozen eggs of category C 0;
• bread flour - 150 grams;
• refined white sugar - 150 grams;
• vanillin - one teaspoon;
• s alt.

For cream:

• water - 50 ml;
• cream - 1 liter;
• sugar - 250 grams.

Cooking method:

1. Pour 50 ml of water into a deep frying pan and add 250 grams of sugar. Boil caramel until dark.
2. Pour in the cream, stirring the mixture. Boil, pour into a flat bowl to cool. The sugar caramel for the cake will be soft, put it in the refrigerator to cool.
3. To prepare soft cakes, mix with a mixer 200 grams of butter, 170 grams of sugar, vanillin and a little s alt. Beat until the mixture turns white.
4. Pour in the egg yolks and beat until fully combined.
5. In another bowl beat all egg whites and sugar. Slowly combine this mixture with the mixed ingredients from step 3.
6. Sift the flour, add to the resulting mixture. Thoroughly mix, put on a baking sheet in a thin layer. Bake 10 minutes at 200 degrees. Pull out, cut into 5-6 pieces.
7. Mix the finished caramel from step 2 with the mixture of eggs and other ingredients.
8. Put the cake on the board, grease with the finished cream, then again the cake and cream, repeat until the last cake. Lubricate it on all sides with cream.

Easiest recipe

Caramel made from sugar and water is the easiest recipecreating sweetness. Cooking will take no more than half an hour. To make caramel you will need:

• refined white sugar - 300 grams;
• water - 50 ml.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Pour sugar into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add water. Turn on the stove to medium power.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Heat the resulting syrup until dark. Once the mixture turns amber, turn off the stove.

You can make sugar caramel both firm and more stretchy. To do this, add 100 ml of condensed milk or honey to the finished mixture.

Caramel on a stick

Children's favorite treat - caramel on a stick, very easy to prepare. You won't need many ingredients for this.

Cooking ingredients:

• sugar - 300 grams;
• water - 50 ml;
• deep spoons and sticks to hold ready-made sweets;
• butter - 50 grams.

Cooking algorithm:

1. In a frying pan, mix water with sugar and turn on the stove at medium power. Stir the mixture.
2. Once it darkens, reduce the heat and carefully pour the caramel into a deep buttered spoon.
3. Put a stick on top and sink a little inside. Leave to cool.

After about an hour, by pulling the stick, you can get a simple lollipop from the spoon, ready to eat. You need to be careful, as home-cookedsugar caramel can cut your tongue.

Caramel tricks

The following tricks can be used during cooking. They will improve the process of creating caramel.

Secrets of cooking caramel:

• While heating, add 2 grams of lemon juice, then the mixture will be homogeneous.
• For an exotic taste, add some cognac or citrus juice at the end of the heating process.

Since not everyone can make caramel from sugar, places with burning are often formed on the dishes. To wash dishes in which the mixture was prepared, use plain water. Fill the container with water - it will dissolve all the caramel, and then wash the dishes as usual.