Sugar
Decorations By
Master Chef Robert Sturm, Cara Operations, Ltd., Ontario, Canada
Ingredients:
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Water
Wooden Spoon
Parchment Paper
Procedure: 1.
Dissolve sugar in water. Bring to a boil. Wash
inside of pot occasionally with brush and water to ÒcleanÓ
the sugar crystals from building up. Continue to heat sugar
to 312 degrees or desired caramel stage. Immediately plunge
bottom of pot in ice water for 10 seconds.
2.
Decorations are made by drizzling caramel sugar with wooden
spoon onto parchment paper in a decorative fashion. Let cool.
Reserve.
3.
Spun
sugar is made by drizzling sugar with a fork over a wooden spoon
handle. Collect sugar over parchment paper.