Caramel Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes

    2 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

  • About

This sauce is great on caramel pot de crème and on ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 cups sugar
  • Juice of ½

Method

Heat the cream to barely simmering and keep warm.

Place the sugar and lemon juice in a small heavy saucepan and stir until the sugar is moistened. Caramelize the sugar (see Note, preceding recipe). Gradually pour in the hot cream, stirring constantly. (Be careful; the caramel will bubble up.) Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, then remove from heat. Add the butter and stir until smoo