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 Post subject: salted caramels
PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:24 pm 
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Anyone have a great recipe for sea salt caramels? I love the caramel recipe that I already have from the board, but am wondering about using this with a sprinkle of sea salt vs another french version...
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 Post subject: Re: salted caramels
PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:05 am 
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I found a really good fleur de sel caramel recipe from David Lebovitz' blog.

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2010/01/sa ... -caramels/


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 Post subject: Re: salted caramels
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:07 am 
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Nancy,

I make fleur de sel chocolates. (Many members of this board have tasted them.)

Just take your favorite caramel recipe and add the salt when the caramel it cool enough to stir in. Most recipes call for the salt being added too early. I akin it to adding butter to caramel...done too early (i.e., it melts, doesn't emulsify) it provides flavor, but at the expense of texture.

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 Post subject: Re: salted caramels
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:00 pm 
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Thanks for the tip, Amy. One day I hope to taste your chocolates :-). I love Bunny's caramels and the Lebovitz ones which are a bit firmer/chewier. His recipe calls for adding some flaky sea salt at the start and then sprinkling more on at the end. He also likes salted cultured butter in the recipe. I'm just glad that I was successful in the execution.
Nancy


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 Post subject: Re: salted caramels
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:28 pm 
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Wow, that does sound like a wonderful recipe. He's so talented...

Amy


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 Post subject: Re: salted caramels
PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:47 pm 
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Let's just say that I have eaten wayyyyy too many and am hoarding them a little (ok, a lot) :shock:


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