Colourings for Gravies
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan.
Heat over medium until the mixture turns dark brown.
Add more water and stir well.
Bottle the mixture and store for future use.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Coarse sugar
- Caramelizes when heated to give the colorant its dark brown color.
- Water
- Dissolves the sugar so it can be heated evenly, then is added again to thin the colorant.
The step that matters
Heat over medium until the mixture turns dark brown. Sugar caramelizes as it heats, and the color darkens quickly near the end. Going too far turns the mixture bitter and burnt-tasting, so watch it closely and remove it at the right shade.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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