Description
Learning how to make delicious salted bourbon caramel sauce is a great culinary skill to learn. With five simple ingredients, we’ll walk you step by step through the science of caramelized sugar and in just 15 minutes you’ll have a sweet treat to drizzle on top of ice cream and cake or for dunking apple slices.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons Bourbon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Stir sugar and water in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, and set over medium high heat. Do not allow flames to lick the sides of the saucepan. Cook, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and the mixture becomes clear, and starts to bubble along the edges.
- Wet a pastry brush with cold water, and run along the edge of the bubbling sugar mixture, brushing down any crystals of sugar. Continue washing away any granules that form along the edges of the pot. Once they are gone, do not stir again. If desired, set a sugar thermometer on the side of the saucepan so that the indicator is submerged into the simmering sugar.
- Let simmer over medium to medium-high, without stirring and completely undisturbed until the mixture starts to darken along the edges, 7 to 8 minutes. Gently swirl the pan and continue cooking until the mixture is amber colored. If using a thermometer, it will reach 240 degrees F.
- Quickly remove from heat and pour in whipping cream and Bourbon. The mixture will bubble vigorously. Whisk in salt. If mixture is not smooth. Set over medium heat, whisking until smooth, about 1 minute.
Notes
Cooking Tip:
In step 2 I like to keep a little bowl of water and a pastry brush next to my saucepan, so I can brush any sugar crystals down with it. This will prevent the sauce from becoming “seeded” by stray crystals and seizing. Once they are washed away in step 2, do not continue to brush the pot down as this will add more water to your mixture and prevent it from caramelizing.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Condiment
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 144
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 148 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g