Tiny Dish of Browning Sauce

Browning Sauce


Caribbean

Makes:
Effort:
Sched:
DoAhead:  
3/4 cup
**
35 min
Yes
A basic flavoring and coloring potion important for many Caribbean recipes - simple and easily made. See also Comments.




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Brown Sugar 1)
Water
Salt opt. (2)

Make:   -   (10 min)
  1. Select a fairly wide and fairly deep heavy bottomed pan. My 2 quart sauté pan is just deep enough to present no problems.
  2. Boil up some Water and keep it hot.
  3. Place pan over quite moderate heat and stir in Brown Sugar.
  4. Using a flat wooden spatula, keep stirring and scraping up the corners of the pan. Eventually, the sugar will melt. Keep stirring until it reaches a dark chocolate color. It will puff up quit a bit as it reaches the right color. It must not go black or it will be overly bitter.
  5. When the correct color is achieved, take the pan off the heat. Now stir in Salt (IF used), and then very carefully pour in just a dash of the boiling water. It will foam and sputter quite violently. Stir it in and add more dashes of water until it reaches the right consistency. It must pour easily when cold.
  6. Bottle it. In a tightly sealed bottle it will last for months at a cool room temperature.
  7. Clean-up will be very easy if you do it right away.
NOTES:
  1. Brown Sugar:

      All recipe photos I have seen use Light Brown Sugar. This makes it easier to judge the color than with dark brown sugar.
  2. Salt:

      Don't add Salt if you will use the Browning for cakes or other baked goods. For use in other recipes, it is optional.
  3. Comments:

      this recipe is less concentrated than commercial products, so use 2 times as much if the recipe calls for a name brand sauce.
  4. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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