Creamy Sugar

Baking and Desserts | Russian cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

This is how sugar is prepared by Chef John Smith, from a popular hotel restaurant in the countryside.

Ingredients

Sugar - 2 lbs
Butter - 1.8 oz
3.2% Milk - 5 fl oz
10% cream - 5 fl oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Melt the butter. Add the milk and cream to the container with the butter and bring to a boil.

Step 2

Slowly add the sugar to the boiling milk and cream mixture. Do not add all the sugar at once; divide the kilogram into several portions to allow the sugar to dissolve properly.

Step 3

Simmer the sugar in the mixture over the lowest heat, stirring constantly. After about 20–30 minutes, the sugar will start to thicken and darken by half a shade. At this point, check its readiness. To do this, scoop some sugar with a spoon and drop it onto a very cold plate. If, after 10 minutes, the sugar forms a dry, slightly crunchy ball, it is ready. If it remains a sticky toffee-like consistency, continue cooking, but be careful not to overcook it, or it will lose its creaminess and turn into dry sugar.

Step 4

Pour the sugar into small silicone molds or cool it as a large disc on a tray. Later, you can break this disc into pieces with tongs and place the sugar into a sugar bowl.