Article: MAKING CARAMEL SAUCE IS AN EXACTING PROCESS.(LIVING)

Q: I've been having trouble making a perfect creamy caramel sauce. It always turns out curdled, broken and separated. Help me, please. Thanks. Elsa

A: Making caramel and caramel sauce is difficult and takes practice.Try the following:

First, make caramel. Be sure the heavy-bottomed saucepan you use is very clean: Small particles of anything including lumps of melted sugar can make the sauce lumpy. Add the sugar, soak it with water and lemon juice -if using), bring mixture to a boil, and lower the heat to medium. Cook the sugar, but do not stir it after it begins boiling. Have handy a pastry brush and a bowl or measuring cup of water ready to brush down ...

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