Saturday, November 07, 2020

Weekend Cooking: Salted Caramel

It's funny how a flavour can grow on you. A few years ago now, salted caramel started appearing in all sorts of different places - in cakes, ice cream, as flavours inside biscuits and cookies and more, having not really been a thing, or not being a thing I had previous noticed.



When it comes to trends, I am often a little slow in trying things for the first time, and this isn't only in food. Remember when ballet flats first came into fashion for shoes. I resisted them for a good two or three years before I bought my first pair, and then went oh I like these, and that was pretty much the end for any kind of heels. Comfy shoes for the win! Anyway, back to caramel.



It took me a while to get the salted caramel thing. I mean, what could be so good about it. Well, it turns out I was wrong. The first time I remember trying it was at a foodie festival where I had a little teaser taste and, oh my goodness,  it was so good. From there I bought a jar of fancy salted caramel sauce and would have it on ice cream. That was obviously pre husband days because it is now very rare for us  to have ice cream in the house because he doesn't like it. We are a whipped cream house now.



I have made a few salted caramel creations over the years. Firstly , I made a sponge roll that was filled with salted caramel cream, where you made your own caramel!



I've also made Salted Caramel and Vanilla Baked Cheescake - so good.



I've also made poo emoji cupcakes. That wasn't what they were meant to be but it is what some unkind souls dubbed them. They were topped with a salted caramel buttercream frosting.



This weekend I am going to be trying out a new recipe which is called Chocolate Caramel Flan. It is a chocolate cake base, with a creme brulee style filling and a salted caramel sauce. The interesting thing about this recipe is that it is not dismilar in concept to the self saucing pudding recipe I shared a couple of weeks ago. You put the salted caramel in the bottom of a bundt tin, you put the cake mixture on top and then your put the creme caramel mix on top of that, but when you cook it the cake rises to the top with the creme brulee in the middle. Hopefully it works because the pictures look amazing.



It is actually a recipe from one of the Great British Bake Off alumni Nadiya Hussain. It's curious because of all the winners or contestants of GBBO, Nadiya is probably the one that I have seen the most post Bake Off. I have watched parts of her TV shows and last night she was even on one of the British TVcomedy panel shows we like to watch. I saw this recipe because one of my friends in the UK posted about making it and my instant thought was that I wanted to try it too.



I'll let you know how it goes.



Today though I thought I would share the recipe that I used when I first made Salted Caramel.  It was so good.



Salted Caramel Sauce


105 grams sugar
1 tspn sea salt flakes
75ml thickened cream
1/2 tpsn water
40 grams butter



Chop butter into small cubes. In a small saucepan, add the sugar and water. Heat on medium-high heat. When the sugar starts to melt, stir constantly until it turns to a deep amber colour. Add the butter and quickly mix.



Once the butter has melted, turn heat to low and slowly whisk in the cream. Remove from heat and add salt. Set aside to cool for 10 miutes, then refrigerate.



Simple right?



Do you like salted caramel? Do you like to make it yourself? What's your favourite way to have it? How do you say it? Do you say caramel (as in carrot and then rhyming with parallel) or do you say caramel like you are saying car?




Weekly Dinners

Saturday: Crumbed pork chops with mash, beans and mushroom sauce
Sunday: Spaghetti Bolognaise
Monday: Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice
Tuesday: Warm beef salad with beetroot and potatoes
Wednesday: Chicken Tikka Pizza
Thursday: Sausages and mash
Friday: Pulled pork burger with chips (takeaway Friday)




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26 comments:

  1. Yes, I'm going to try your recipe. I've never had luck with caramel and when I tried to do it with a recent effort at tarte tatin, it was too pale... maybe I'll be luckier with your recipe.

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  2. I love salted caramel! Such a great invention, especially as an ice cream flavor! Your recipe sounds great - thanks for sharing it!

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    1. Salted Caramel ice cream does sound good.

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  3. Yes, I agree salted caramel took me a little time to like the idea. Your recipes look wonderful and I do like salted caramel now.

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  4. I too am a salted caramel fan. I'm going to keep your recipe in mind next time I need to make some ... or maybe I'll just use your recipe as the excuse to buy ice cream. LOL

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  5. Where to start? I want to try all these recipes. I love salted caramel and started making my own this year. I am late to GBBO so only in season 4. But I have watched Nadiya Hussain's series on Netflix. I happened to get a brulee set this week.
    And you just reminded me how much I love beans and mash with pork chops.

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    1. I think it is my favourite way to eat pork chops Jackie!

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  6. Marg, what brand of ballet flats do you buy, or rather which ones are the most comfortable?

    Love your salted caramel dishes!

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    1. I had a brand called Ezywalkin but I can't seem to getthem now.

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  7. Salted Caramel is my go to ice cream since I no longer tolerate chocolate...thanks for the sauce recipe!

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  8. My first try with salted caramels (the candy, chocolate covered) were so salty that I thought I didn’t like it at all, but recent re-tries have been less salty and very delicious! Especially the ice cream swirls.

    Your recipe looks too ambitious for me!

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. It's pretty easy Mae - just requires a little patience, which I am not always good at.

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  9. I love salted caramel especially with chocolate or apple. All of your recipes sound amazing!

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    1. I haven't had it with apple but it does sound good Deb.

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  10. I love salted caramel and yes it seems to be everywhere now but I stop at it in coffee, can’t do that!

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    1. You are 100% correct Heather. I dont really add anything to coffee!

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  11. Hi there, I tried to link up - not sure if it has worked so reposting the link here.
    https://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.com/2020/11/cooking-from-veggiestan.html

    Also loving the salted caramel - I will have to make it. Nadiya's recipes are so accessible too.

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    1. I haven't made any of her recipes before but I will be now Shaheen!

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