Miso Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread with a Twist)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Millionaire’s shortbread is one of those bakes that is almost impossible to dislike: a crumbly butter base, a thick layer of chewy caramel, a snap of dark chocolate on top. The only fair criticism is that it can be relentlessly, one-note sweet, the sort of thing you can manage one square of before your teeth ache. My fix is a couple of tablespoons of white miso whisked into the caramel. It sounds strange and it is the best thing I have done to this recipe in years. The miso brings a deep, savoury, almost butterscotch saltiness that turns the caramel from merely sweet into something complex and grown-up, the same way salted caramel improved on plain caramel, but pushed further. People cannot place it, but they always want another piece.

Salted Caramel Sauce (That Sets Properly)

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Everyone has a salted caramel sauce that let them down. Mine was a grainy, seized disaster I made for a dinner party years ago, served apologetically over ice cream with the texture of wet sand. I have made it dozens of times since, and somewhere along the way it stopped being frightening and started being the thing I make when I want to look like a much better cook than I am. This is the version that sets properly — thick and glossy and spoonable straight from the fridge — without ever turning grainy.

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Miso Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread with a Twist)

Salted Caramel Sauce (That Sets Properly)