Salted Caramel
Originally posted on June 29, 2011
Been so busy recently have scarcely had time to post. Just got back from taking James to camp
My chief videographer and dessert innovator. I was in Boston talking salt on Simply Ming. I was in NYC working on confections with Bouchon Bakery head chef Sebastien Rouxel and putting together a pitch for a chef drama with some friends. I came home to find agreat new ice cream book from Ohio’s own Jeni Britton Bauer! Salt, sweets, ice cream, and an unused photo donna shot for the new book due out in fall: salted-caramel! Of course. Caramel is one of those awesome no brainer dessert sauces that more people ought to do at home. Takes 10 minutes tops, uses inexpensive ingredients, and is easy ( just be sure to use a really big pot because when that cream hits the hot sugar, the water in the cream vaporizes and the volume in the post can rise three times its height. Want it richer? Add some butter before you add the cream. Sebastien and I were talking caramel and he likes to add lemon or passion fruit juice for variety to Bouchon’s caramels (add the flavor with cream).
What puts caramel over the top though is the fine salty crunch of some fleur de sel—it both heightens the flavor and balances the sweetness. It also adds an appealing crunch. Salt and caramel are a heavenly pair.
My advice for an awesome long weekend 4th of July dessert? Jeni’s vanilla ice cream, in James’s chocolate chip cookie bowl, with your own caramel sauce and a sprinkle of fleur de sel or maldon salt.
Basic Caramel Sauce
(from Ratio)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 ounces unsalted butter (1/2 stick, optional)
- 1 cup cream
- Heat the sugar and just enough water to begin dissolving the sugar, a few tablespoons or so, in a large heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat.
- When the sugar is dissolved and beginning to brown, stir the sugar or swirl the pan to ensure even cooking. Keep in mind that the sugar is very hot and its burns can be severe.
- When the sugar reaches a beautiful dark amber color, remove from the heat and whisk in the butter, if using, followed by the cream. The caramel sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one month, in a sealed container. When ready to use again, reheat to serve.
If you liked this post on salted caramel sauce, check out these other links:
- My post on making vanilla sugar and its various uses.
- Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Columbus, Ohio.
- A recipe for making caramel corn from Molly Wizenberg who writes the blog Orangette.
- Vegan strawberry ice cream recipe from David Lebovitz, blogger and author.
- Fat Toad Farm in Vermont makes goat cheese and a goat caramel sauce known as cajeta.
© 2012 Michael Ruhlman. Photo © 2012 Donna Turner-Ruhlman. All rights reserved

Camp for nobel prize nominees? He should be a nobel prize recipient for that invention!
MR,
Congratulations on all the awards for which Twenty has been nominated. (Are you sure I can’t end a sentence with a preposition?) It’s a lovely book in both print and e-form. Your everyday Coq au Vin is the best I’ve ever made.
Fantastic photo! Really great!
If the picture of the salted caramel in this post is a reject, the published picture must be really extraordinary. This salted caramel picture is outstanding, Donna!
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I’ve been making the salted caramel sauce in David Lebovitz, Perfect Scoop for a few years now. It is, hands down, a client favorite. I use it just over bananas at home or fresh cut apples. Fantastic.
That vegan strawberry ice-cream looks good, although that kind of Rice Milk isn’t available in America, so I might do Coconut milk drink instead.
This looks and sounds amazing. So, I’m heading off to the store to get the ingredients right now.
Grandma Kat
XOXOXOXOXO
Donna rocks!- that’s an awesome picture of an irresistible sauce!
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