Caramel Sauce with Dark Rum

Name: Caramel Sauce with Dark Rum
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 2 cups)
Ingredients: 2 cups, granulated sugar; 1 cup, heavy cream; Pinch, table salt; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter cold; 3 tablespoons, dark rum

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2000

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A no-stir method produces a user-friendly, rich caramel sauce.

SERVES8 (Makes about 2 cups)

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To reduce the guesswork and anxiety that seem inseparably linked to making caramel sauce at home, we developed a caramel recipe in which the sugar is added after the water, making stirring unnecessary. Increasing the proportion of water in ...

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