How can I control caramel colour and make a thicker caramel sauce?

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How can I control caramel colour and make a thicker caramel sauce?

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Watch the colour as well as the heat: the class takes sugar to amber, then carefully adds warmed cream and finishes with butter. A bitter, scorched batch isn't fixed by adding more cream.

The reference explains that more cream produces a looser sauce and less cream a thicker one. Use a tested ratio for the filling you want, rather than taking the sugar darker just to thicken the finished sauce. Add warmed cream carefully because the mixture bubbles vigorously.

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