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Butterscotch sauce

Butterscotch sauce

Published on July 10, 2020 | By
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As a kid the word butterscotch always sounded so exotic to me. It conjured up so many images of a delicious sauce served up for teatime to pour over steamed puds (pudding) and tarts.  The imagination then went on to include ice cream sundaes, the kind served at The Chock’lit Shop by Pop Tate for Archie and the gang, at Riverdale. I would always wish for Archie & Betty to share a sundae and would hate for Veronica to step in to the picture.

If only life held complexities of these kind in store for us !!! The favourite of course was ‘the bottomless pit ‘ ,Jughead who ate like there would be no tomorrow. For an Indian kid,living in a small town those Archie Digest pizzas were the ultimate in food deliciousness . (face in palm)

When my kids came along I was rather late in introducing them to the Archie comics…maybe I wasn’t ready to answer some (Ahem) questions which I knew would come my way…delaying it a bit or so I thought !

BUT…I did introduce them to caramel sauces , sundaes, apple pies and all of it as a weekend treat or initially (as they are quick to point out) only as a holiday treat.

The thing about making a butterscotch sauce at home is that it makes everyone happy. The cook enjoys the whole process of watching the simple ingredients turn into a smooth, luscious, dark , molten sauce….everyone else just loves eating it …but yes happy happy !

Just for that ,make the butterscotch sauce. ….Umm did I mention that the commercial ones are loaded with things I don’t want to mention…yes that too !

Give me one good reason why making this is not on your to do list right now !

 

I said one “GOOD” reason.

Thought so !(eye roll)

 

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Ingredients

  • Butter (unsalted) room temperature- 1 C
  • Jaggery /dark unrefined sugar (Coconut sugar/molasses/muscavado sugar)-2 C
  • Milk-6 Tbsps
  • Vanilla extract-1 Tbsp
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Add the jaggery and butter to a deep , medium sized sauce pan. add in the milk.
  2. Set on the stove on very low heat
  3. Watch carefully as the butter and jaggery melt. Swirl the pan gently to pick up any sugar clinging to the sides of the pan
  4. After the sugar and butter melt, stir gently with a wooden spoon. Make sure the mixture doesn't boil or catch at the bottom of the pan. A light heat is perfect for thickening.
  5. Keep stirring until it thickens and coats the spoon.
  6. Take it off the fire, add salt if you like a salted caramel taste. If not it can be omitted
  7. Let it cool slightly before adding the vanilla extract.
  8. This sauce will thicken further as it cools. Serve at room temperature or refrigerate upto 3 weeks
  9. If it becomes too thick in the fridge, heat gently for it to loosen.
  10. Serve as a topping for cake, cupcakes, pancakes,ice cream, french toast and lots more.

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2 Responses to Butterscotch sauce

  1. Nitiya Sathish July 11, 2020 at 9:41 am #

    Waiting to try it out 😊 just reading ur post is soo satisfying Shanthini

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    • Shanthini Rajkumar July 12, 2020 at 5:18 am #

      1Would love a pastry expert like you to try this out and give me feedback :)Thank you Nitiya…especially for the talkative , affectionate teenager

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