How to make caramel from sugar: a recipe for cooking at home

Caramel is fried sugar. To create hard candy do not use anything but it. For soft caramel, water is added, then the finished product is more malleable. The finished caramel has a rich amber color and a sweet taste.

History of sweets

The name comes from the French word caramel. However, not only this country considers itself the founder of caramel production, but also Great Britain, the USA and many others. Production technology became popular in the period of the XIV-XVI centuries, having gained immense popularity among different segments of the population.

In Russia, so-called roosters and bunnies were in great quantities, which were in demand among ordinary people, since it was cheap and simple to make caramel from sugar.

Sugar Caramel Recipe

Sometimes this method is called a liquid caramel recipe. Unlike “dry”, it remains viscous longer. For cooking you will need:

• deep metal utensils;
• 300 grams of granulated sugar;
• 100 ml of water;
• 50 grams of butter;
• stirring spoon;
• protective gloves;
• clothes covering hands;
• glasses.

The pan, bowl, or deep pan should be light in color to make caramelization easier to observe. There should be no pollution on the dishes, as they can lead to an irreversible reaction, in which sugar begins to crystallize in places of accumulation of dirt without turning into caramel.

Heated sugar can cause burns on skin, so wear long-sleeved clothing and gloves. Eyes also need to be protected using glasses.

Stages of preparation:

1. Pour a layer of white granulated sugar on the bottom of the container, pour water, without leaving dry places. Only white sugar will give the desired caramel consistency, since making caramel from sugar of a different kind will not work due to the impurities contained.
2. Turn on the stove at medium power so that the sugar begins to dissolve faster. Break any clots with a spoon.
3. Cover the container so that the sugar remaining on the walls of the dishes mixes with condensate and falls down.
4. At the moment the mixture begins to boil, reduce heat and set aside the hot sugar. If the caramel has not acquired an amber color - heat again.
5. Add oil to the mixture and mix. Pour caramel into molds or put on a flat soft board for cutting products. After cooling, break the layer into small pieces.

The product is ready.

How to cook caramel in the microwave?

This method will allow you to cook caramel from sugar at home in just 15 minutes. The consistency of the finished product will look like soft iris.

For cooking you will need:

• refined white sugar - 200 grams;
• salt - 2 grams;
• vanillin - 3 grams;
• condensed milk - 100 ml;
• honey - 100 ml;
• unsalted butter - 100 grams.

Cooking Algorithm:

1. Melt the butter in a deep bowl, putting it in the microwave for half a minute.
2. Mix sugar, honey and condensed milk, combine with butter. The dishes should be very deep, since during cooking caramel will create a lot of foam and rise.
3. Put the dishes with the mixture in the microwave for nine minutes at a power of 1000 W. When the future caramel gets a pronounced brown color, turn off the microwave and remove the dishes with the mixture to cool.
4. Pour the resulting caramel into a large cooling mold, pre-lubricating it with oil, and sprinkle with vanilla.
5. After cooling, cut it into pieces and sprinkle with a small amount of salt.
   

Microwave sugar caramel is ready.

Caramel for Cakes

Below is a recipe for puff cake with the addition of caramel. This cake has a bright and rich taste.

To prepare the test you will need:

• a dozen eggs of category C 0;
• baking flour - 150 grams;
• refined white sugar - 150 grams;
• vanillin - one teaspoon;
• salt.

For cream:

• water - 50 ml;
• cream - 1 liter;
• sugar - 250 grams.
  

Cooking method:

1. Pour 50 ml of water into a deep pan and add 250 grams of sugar. Boil caramel until dark.
2. Pour in the cream, stirring the mixture. Boil, pour into a flat bowl for cooling. Caramel of sugar for the cake will turn out soft, put it in the refrigerator for cooling.
3. To prepare soft cakes, mix with a mixer 200 grams of butter, 170 grams of sugar, vanillin and a little salt. Beat until the mixture turns white.
4. Pour in the egg yolks and beat until completely mixed.
5. In another bowl, beat all the egg whites and sugar. Slowly combine this mixture with the mixed ingredients from the third paragraph.
6. Sift flour, add to the resulting mixture. After mixing thoroughly, put on a baking sheet with a thin layer. Bake 10 minutes at 200 degrees. Pull out, cut into 5-6 pieces.
7. Mix the prepared caramel from point 2 with a mixture of eggs and other components.
8. Put the cake on the board, grease with the finished cream, then again the cake and cream, repeat this until the last cake. Lubricate it with cream on all sides.

Easiest recipe

Caramel made from sugar and water is the easiest recipe for creating sweets. Cooking takes no more than half an hour. To create caramel you will need:

• Refined white sugar - 300 grams;
• water - 50 ml.

Cooking Algorithm:

1. Pour sugar into a pot with a thick bottom and pour water. Turn on the stove at medium power.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Heat the resulting syrup until dark. As soon as the mixture gets an amber hue - turn off the stove.
   

You can make sugar caramel both hard and more stretching. To do this, add 100 ml of condensed milk or honey to the finished mixture.

Caramel on a stick

Favorite children's treat - caramel on a stick, it is very simple to prepare. You don’t need many ingredients for this.

Components for cooking:

• sugar - 300 grams;
• water - 50 ml;
• deep spoons and sticks to hold the finished sweets;
• butter - 50 grams.

Cooking Algorithm:

1. In a pan, mix water with sugar and turn on the stove at medium power. Stir the mixture.
2. As soon as it darkens, reduce the heat and carefully pour the caramel into a deep spoon, oiled.
3. Put a stick on top and drown a little inside. Leave to cool.

After about an hour, pulling the stick, you can get a simple lollipop from the spoon, ready for use. You need to be careful, since home-made sugar caramel can cut your tongue.

Caramel Cooking Tricks

During cooking, you can use the following tricks. They will improve the process of creating caramel.

Secrets of making caramel:

• During heating, add 2 grams of lemon juice, then the mixture will be homogeneous.
• To add an exotic flavor, add a little cognac or citrus juice at the end of the heating process.

Since not everyone can make caramel from sugar, places with a burner often form on the dishes. To wash the dishes in which the mixture was prepared, use plain water. Fill the container with water - it will dissolve all the caramel, and then wash the dishes as usual.