lavender fleur de sel caramel sauce!!!

posted on: February 17, 2010

hey there :) happy wednesday!

i think i'm going to start sharing some amazing recipes that i find with you folkies! (fingers crossed!)
perhaps this will make me get in the kitchen a little bit more than i have been.
what do you think?

after making this dessert sauce last week, i realized that i will never live without this recipe again (for the rest of my life i swear)!

props to the amazing martha, who shared the following recipe in her february issue of living:
it wasn't online when i searched for it last week, but alas! i found it today!

ENJOY!!! (i know you will!)
  makes 1 1/4 cups

  • 3/4 cup sugar 
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon dried lavender (kalustyans.com)
  • 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel

  • Heat 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, and 1/4 cup light corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, 3 to 4 minutes. 
  • Bring to a boil, and cook, washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming, until medium amber, about 5 minutes. 
  • Remove from heat, and add 3/4 cup heavy cream. 
  • Return to heat. 
  • Cook, stirring, until combined. 
  • Remove from heat, and stir in 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon dried lavender, and 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel. 
  • Let stand for 15 minutes. 
  • Strain.


i plan to make this again--and re-shoot the process in the day time! i miss natural light...

...but for now, i will leave you with these :)

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(: husband+wife :)










the perfect gift!

let me know if you make a batch!
and stay tuned for my "currently obsessed" caramel post!
xoxo,
j.

9 comments:

  1. incredible!
    what a lovely gift!
    i was planning on making that for vday too!
    but i ran out of time.
    everything looks ahhh may zing! :)

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  2. I love all your pictures! Its so inspiring! I wish I had more time to do more things like this! It was good to catch up on Facebook with you the other day! :0)

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  3. wow, you took these pictures!? they are amazing! i really have something to work towards in terms of my food picture taking. i like how you brought in a magazine, the drippage on your measuring cup and how you turned this into a craft! so what do you eat caramel sauce with??

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  4. I'm stealing this recipe! Thank you!

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  5. thank you for sharing! i'm a big fan of lavander so i'll have to try this sometime.

    p.s. i didn't buy much anthropologie, promise! :)

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  6. oh my goodness! you are pretty much the cutest thing ever!

    first of all....this recipe sounds divine, but second....could your packaging be any cuter? what i wouldn't give for a cursive label maker to make such loveliness.

    so creative. love it! thanks for sharing.


    {Lauren}

    thelittlethingswedo.blogspot.com

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  7. the labels are soo cute! what kind of labelmaker did you use? did not know that there are label makers that have such a nice lettertype...

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