Ever since Haagen-Dazs released their Fleur de Sel ice cream, Aaron & I have been obsessed with the caramels. We ordered some Le Petit Saunier brand caramels from http://www.thefrenchybee.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. They have 4 other brands and as soon as 1 of them comes into stock, we are going to do a caramel tasting!
Needless to say, the caramels didn’t last too long in our house, so I decided to make my own. I found an easy recipe on Epicurious here: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fleur-de-Sel-Caramels-230778" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I do not have a deep-fat/candy thermometer, so I used the firm ball stage cold water test. I like a lot of salt, so I used salted butter, doubled the salt amount and sprinkled salt flakes that I got from http://www.gourmet-delights.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; on top.
Next time I think I’ll let my caramel get a little more brown, but my first attempt is very, very good and it was quite an easy recipe.
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