Cardamom Toffee Sauce

Name: Cardamom Toffee Sauce
Yield: Makes 1½ cups [360 ml] sauce
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ tsp ground green cardamom; ⅛ tsp cream of tartar; 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cubed; ¼ tsp Fine sea salt; ½ cup [120 ml] heavy cream; 1 cup [200 g] packed dark brown sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1½ cups
sauce

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Flavor Equation

By Nik Sharma

Published 2020

About

This is my all-purpose toffee sauce. I drizzle it over cakes and tart crunchy slices of apples—pretty much anywhere I can squeeze it in, this sauce will make an appearance. Toffee gets its rich flavor notes from the molasses present in brown sugar.

Ingredients

1 cup [200 g] packed dark brown sugar
¼ tsp Fine sea salt

Asia
India
Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Place the sugar, ¼ cup [60 ml] of water, the salt, and cream of tartar in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat over medium-high heat, stirring continuously. Cook until the sugar dissolves completely and starts to caramelize and develop a deep amber color. Remove from the heat and carefully stir in the heavy cream. Add the butter and stir until the liquid is completely smooth. Transfer the