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vegetable oil milk heavy whipping cream condensed milk light corn syrup sugar unsalted butter vanilla almonds
Viewed: 106 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 2 tablespoons unflavored vegetable oil, such as safflower oil
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened, cut into pieces
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup toasted, roughly chopped almonds
Method
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, then place a 4 1/2 by 14-inch flan form in the center of the foil.
- With a paper towel, coat the foil and the inside of the flan form with 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil.
- Set aside.
- In a 3-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, combine the whole milk, cream, condensed milk, corn syrup, sugar, and butter.
- Stir with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula until the mixture comes to a boil (5 to 8 minutes).
- Wash down the sides of the pan two times with a pastry brush dipped in warm water to prevent the sugar from crystallizing.
- Increase the heat to medium-high, place a candy thermometer in the pan, and cook the mixture until it registers 240F on the thermometer (15 to 20 minutes), stirring constantly.
- Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the vanilla, then blend in the almonds.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared flan form and spread it out rapidly with a wooden spoon.
- Let the caramel cool completely at room temperature (2 to 3 hours).
- With the remaining tablespoon of vegetable oil, coat a cutting board and the blade of a large chefs knife.
- With the knife, loosen and remove the flan form; invert the caramel onto the cutting board, and peel the foil off the caramel.
- Cut the caramel into twenty-eight 1/2-inch-wide strips, then cut each strip into four pieces.
- In a tightly covered container, between sheets of waxed paper, or wrapped in waxed paper rectangles, the caramels will keep for 2 weeks at room temperature.
- Substitute any nuts for the almonds.