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Caramelized Sugar, Dry Method
Preparation info
2¼ cups
- Difficulty
Easy
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By Bo Friberg
Published 2003
The addition of lemon juice or tartaric acid not only makes the sugar softer, it also delays the actual caramelization, allowing more time to properly melt all of the sugar.
Ingredients
2 pounds 910 g 1 teaspoon 5
Method
- Fill a bowl large enough to hold the pan used for cooking the sugar with enough cold water to reach halfway up the sides of the pan. Set the bowl aside.
- Place the sugar and lemon juice in a copper or stainless steel pan. Cook, stirring constantly over low heat, until the sugar is completely melted. Continue cooking until the sugar has caramelized to just a shad