PISTACHIO MERINGUE CAKE WITH CANDIED CUMQUATS & CARAMEL SAUCE – Cumquats Australia

Name: PISTACHIO MERINGUE CAKE WITH CANDIED CUMQUATS & CARAMEL SAUCE – Cumquats Australia
Ingredients: In a small saucepan, combine the cream and cardamom over medium heat and bring to a simmer.; Turn off the heat and let the cardamom steep on the burner while you cook the sugar.; Place the sugar, hot water, and salt in a heavy saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.; Pour in both the water and the sugar carefully, keeping the sugar from sticking to the sides of the saucepan.; You will notice you have very little in the bottom of the pan, but you want to have plenty of room when you add the cream as the mixture will spit and bubble.; Place the pan over low heat and stir the contents with a wooden spoon until the sugar is dissolved; try to dissolve the sugar before the mixture boils.; Rinse your spoon well to remove any sugar crystals and don’t stir the mixture again until you add the cream.; If there are any unmelted crystals, they can cause the caramel sauce to crystalize instead of remaining smooth.; Cover the pan, turn the heat to medium, and cook for 5 minutes to help create condensation which will wash down sugar crystals from the sides of the saucepan.; Uncover and continue to cook the sugar until it starts to take on some colour.; At first it will be just a little blond or caramel coloured in certain spots.; Keep cooking until the sugar starts to smoke a little and turns a deep mahogany brown.; Remove the pan from the heat and pour in about ¼ cup of the hot cream, stirring with a long-handled wooden spoon. The caramel will bubble like crazy— don’t get burned!; Keep stirring and slowly add the remaining cream.; Continue stirring after all of the cream has been added, until the bubbling has calmed down.; Strain the caramel sauce through a fine-mesh strainer into a metal bowl, stirring occasionally as it cools.; Taste for salt and adjust as necessary.; The sauce will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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Ingredients

In a small saucepan, combine the cream and cardamom over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
Turn off the heat and let the cardamom steep on the burner while you cook the sugar.
Place the sugar, hot water, and salt in a heavy saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.
Pour in both the water and the sugar carefully, keeping the sugar from sticking to the sides of the saucepan.
You will notice you have very little in the bottom of the pan, but you want to have plenty of room when you add the cream as the mixture will spit and bubble.
Place the pan over low heat and stir the contents with a wooden spoon until the sugar is dissolved; try to dissolve the sugar before the mixture boils.
Rinse your spoon well to remove any sugar crystals and don’t stir the mixture again until you add the cream.
If there are any unmelted crystals, they can cause the caramel sauce to crystalize instead of remaining smooth.
Cover the pan, turn the heat to medium, and cook for 5 minutes to help create condensation which will wash down sugar crystals from the sides of the saucepan.
Uncover and continue to cook the sugar until it starts to take on some colour.
At first it will be just a little blond or caramel coloured in certain spots.
Keep cooking until the sugar starts to smoke a little and turns a deep mahogany brown.
Remove the pan from the heat and pour in about ¼ cup of the hot cream, stirring with a long-handled wooden spoon. The caramel will bubble like crazy— don’t get burned!
Keep stirring and slowly add the remaining cream.
Continue stirring after all of the cream has been added, until the bubbling has calmed down.
Strain the caramel sauce through a fine-mesh strainer into a metal bowl, stirring occasionally as it cools.
Taste for salt and adjust as necessary.
The sauce will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.