What to do with too soft peanut caramel
December 17, 2022 6:40 PM Subscribe
I have a batch of peanut caramel that was cooked with a poorly calibrated thermometer and is too soft to cut or wrap. How can I repurpose this into something usable and delicious?
popcorn balls?
posted by jenjenc at 7:01 PM on December 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by jenjenc at 7:01 PM on December 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
Filling for thumbprint cookies? Or maybe a dollop in cupcake batter for a molten-type thing?
posted by feistycakes at 8:42 PM on December 17, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by feistycakes at 8:42 PM on December 17, 2022 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Swirl it through brownie or cake batter. Or use it as filling between cake layers. Or under/around a batter like in sticky toffee pudding. Oh, sautée some apple-ish fruit, add a good thick layer of your sauce and top with puff pastry for a peanutty tarte tatin!
If you have molds and like to work with chocolate, use it as filling inside chocolates.
posted by janell at 9:30 PM on December 17, 2022 [5 favorites]
If you have molds and like to work with chocolate, use it as filling inside chocolates.
posted by janell at 9:30 PM on December 17, 2022 [5 favorites]
Holiday bark: 1 layer crunchy stuff, 1 layer caramel, 1 layer chocolate, any other mix-ins. Just how soft are we talking? If it's spoonable: in a muffin tin or baking dish, center some fruit, pour over caramel, pack in filling kinda like here.
posted by OhHaieThere at 11:14 PM on December 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by OhHaieThere at 11:14 PM on December 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
Unless the sugar is super dark already, I would add a bit of water and recook it. Let the caramel melt in the water at a low heat and then put the heat up, bring it to the right temperature and re-set it.
posted by In Your Shell Like at 7:46 AM on December 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by In Your Shell Like at 7:46 AM on December 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
I would put it in jam tart size pastry cases (or a bit bigger and flatter). Your recipe reminds me of caramel walnut tarts that - local bakery used to have, and they were excellent. If it is soft and will melt in the oven it should fill the case in liquid form and then set up with a few crispy bits. If it's slightly runny still then you eat it with cream, if it goes a bit firmer it will be hand food and won't last that long.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 10:22 AM on December 18, 2022
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 10:22 AM on December 18, 2022
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posted by nanook at 6:53 PM on December 17, 2022 [2 favorites]