blood orange caramel sauce

honestly

i don't know how much more i can do

with these bloody oranges

i have

sugared and squeezed them

turned them into jam, jelly and marmalade

rendered them drunk with vodka

tossed them in salads

lifted the flavor of cakes

and 

eaten them out of hand

and now 

i have boiled them into a golden-sticky-sugary delight

so delicious

that i am going to crown myself

the caramel queen

of

orange grove

 blood orange caramel sauce

(printable recipe)

2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 cup blood orange juice

2 Tbs unsalted butter--room temperature

1 cup heavy cream--room temperature

place the sugar, salt and orange juice in a heavy bottomed saucepan over low heat.  bring to 275F for 3 full minutes.  quickly add the butter and cream.  be careful as it will boil up and spatter.  stir to combine and bring back to the heat.  cook to 225F while stirring constantly, letting it sit at that temperature for a full 3 minutes. remove from heat and allow to cool.  use while still slightly warm, or at room temperature. keep in refrigerator for approximately 3 weeks...if it lasts that long!

great over ice cream or in your morning tea

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