Calvados Caramel Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    3 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Passion for Ice Cream

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2006

  • About

Adding Calvados to caramel sauce gives it a little kick. This sauce doesn’t have a strong alcohol taste; it’s more of a finesse flavor. Since long-aged Calvados can be expensive, if you aren’t a Calvados sipper, use less-expensive apple brandy.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • cups

Method

Stir the sugar and water together in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Increase the heat to high and continue to cook, without stirring, until the sugar is medium amber in color. Remove the pot from the heat and slowly stir in about ¼ cu