Burnt Caramel Shards

Name: Burnt Caramel Shards
Yield: Makes about 400 g/14 oz
Ingredients: 100 g/3¾ oz/scant ½ cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 300 g/11 oz/1½ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 2 sheets of edible loose gold leaf (optional)

Preparation info

Makes about
400
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

A very different method for making toffee, this recipe does not require a sugar thermometer. Gold leaf is expensive, but it makes the caramel shards look beautiful. You could crush the caramel to make a crunchy ice cream topping, in which case, do not bother with the gold leaf.

Ingredients

100 g/3¾ oz/scant ½ cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
300

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Grease a baking tray with butter and set it aside.
Melt the butter gently in a heavy pan. Add the sugar.
Over medium heat, stir the butter and sugar mixture constantly using a wooden spoon until it is a dark caramel colour; this will t

Energy 1919kcal/8074kJ; Protein 2g; Carbohydrate 314g, of which sugars 314g; Fat 82g, of which saturates 54g; Cholesterol 230mg; Calcium 174mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 768mg