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caramel

[kar-uh-muh

l, -mel, kahr-muh

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noun

a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.

a kind of chewy candy, commonly in small blocks, made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.

a yellowish brown or tan color.

Origin:
1715–25; < French < Spanish or Portuguese caramelo < Late Latin calamellus little reed (by dissimilation), equivalent to calam(us) reed (see calamus) + -ellus diminutive suffix; meaning changed by association with Medieval Latin cannamella, canna mellis, etc., sugar cane, equivalent to Latin canna cane + mel honey (genitive mellis)

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Unusual goat milk caramel candies get a little crunch from roasted buckwheat grains.

They slurp caramel macchiato as coffee and believe that candy, when placed in a bowl, becomes cereal.

Heat oil and sugar in a wok over medium heat until sugar melts, then raise the heat and stir until sugar turns caramel brown.

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Unusual goat milk caramel candies get a little crunch from roasted buckwheat grains.

They slurp caramel macchiato as coffee and believe that candy, when placed in a bowl, becomes cereal.

Heat oil and sugar in a wok over medium heat until sugar melts, then raise the heat and stir until sugar turns caramel brown.

The sweetness hit me immediately and the subtle layers of caramel were immediately apparent.

Beth says that if the preparation goes really wrong, the burned caramel sticks to the pot and you have to throw the pot away.

Turn old-fashioned caramel apples into gourmet treats.

The flesh under his thumbnails has turned a caramel brown from cigarettes, which he smokes in a.

Solid yet creamy, caramel rice flan can be sliced and served in wedges, topped with its own ambrosial sauce.

Charring is different from toasting, and in addition to producing more caramel and causing other chemical.

Once the leaves start changing color, a crisp apple dipped in chewy caramel is a suitable afternoon snack as far as we're.

Most desserts made with caramel fall into this category.

Mix until the cream cheese dissolves, then whisk this mixture back into the caramel sauce.

Fold toffee candy into caramel crème fraîche to fill this chocolate cake.

Pour caramel into prepared pan and let cool to room temperature.

In the evening, small, low-voltage track lights illuminate the room with a rich caramel glow.

Pour warm caramel sauce over pastry squares, and sprinkle an equal number of pecans on each square.

The simple sauce is easy to prepare and turns a beautiful caramel color.

Pour the caramel into the cake pan, tilting it so the caramel coats the bottom.

The apples bake in a rich, caramel sauce making it even more special.

Serve an orange segment with a scoop of chocolate caramel mousse, or by itself.

While caramel is cooking, remove pears from water, draining them well.

The caramel is done when it becomes a uniform honey brown color.

Do not allow the caramel to darken beyond that and remove it from the heat immediately.

Over the pudding hovers a thin layer of caramel with an audaciously generous sprinkling of sea salt.

Cook over high heat, without stirring, until all the sugar turns caramel.

Baking with brown butter adds a soupçon of caramel and nuttiness.

No diner dessert can match his praline-dusted pumpkin pie, center right, with its silky filling hinting of dark caramel.

Cover with the bell-pepper slices and pour the caramel sauce over the top.

When the color is a rich amber, pour half the caramel into a one-quart souffle dish and the remainder on the buttered baking pan.

He buys her a double-tall nonfat caramel macchiato and they sit and talk about the grandchildren.

Those walls are painted a rich caramel with a metallic glow.

Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and simmer until a deep caramel color.

The first is a dense fudge cake with pecan and caramel topping.

It is perfectly legal, for example, to add caramel to rum.

Immediately pour this caramel over the plums in the pan.

Cook, stirring, until browned and almost the color of caramel.

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caramel (ˈkærəməl, -ˌmɛl)

—n
1.	burnt sugar, used for colouring and flavouring food
2.	a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, milk, etc

[C18: from French, from Spanish caramelo, of uncertain origin]

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Word Origin & History

caramel

1725, from Fr. caramel "burnt sugar," ult. from M.L. cannamellis, traditionally from L. canna (see cane) + mellis "honey;" though some give the M.L. word an Arabic origin.

Encyclopedia Britannica

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caramel

candy substance obtained by boiling sugar to or beyond approximately 240 F (115 C), at which point its mass takes on a slightly yellowish colour and pleasantly burnt smell.

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