Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce

When people say that being a mother is the hardest job in the world, I always assumed they meant it was physically challenging; washing clothes, cleaning rooms, cleaning kids, cooking meals, shopping, trips to the park, carpooling, packing lunches, and so on. After more than a decade in this profession I know now that it's the mental aspect of parenting that is the most taxing, not the manual.

Yesterday was a testament to this. Five minutes after the school day started, I was at the local coffee shop waiting for a friend. For the first time ever, the high-back plush chairs were vacant (you know the ones I mean), and I curled up with a cup of warm vanilla spice tea. Then my phone rang. It seems that in that short time between school drop off and total relaxation, Ben, had managed to have an accident on the playground. One that saw his mouth collide with the hard skull of another boy, rendering his front adult teeth bloody and loose.  Not the phone call I wanted to get.

Thankfully, the school is only two minutes away, and the dentist just another three.  And in less than an hour we were home with his teeth glued and splinted, and fingers crossed for a perfect recovery. Food will be a challenge for Ben this week.  It needs to be soft and tender, and require little chewing.  Like soup and yogurt, and vanilla ice cream topped with a little homemade caramel sauce. Because if a fleur de sel infused dessert isn't good for the emotional nerves, than I don't know what is.

Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 teaspoon fleur de sel

Stir together the sugar, corn syrup and water in a small saucepan.  Set it over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.  Allow it to boil until it's amber in colour, swishing the mixture around the pan every minute or so.

Remove the sauce from the heat, and add the heavy cream.  It will bubble and steam so add the liquid carefully. Once the cream has been incorporated, add the butter and fleur de sel.  Stir until the butter is melted.  Transfer to a glass jar and allow to rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Comments

[Courtney]

I hope Ben is ok and his teeth stay securely in his mouth!

That sauce looks amazing.

[Paula]

Poor Ben! Hope his teeth remain intact. This caramel sauce looks delicious and I'm sure he is going to enjoy this with ice cream as much as he can over the next few days.

[Mardi@eatlivetravelwrite]

Bookmarked (pinned actually) because I want to see how it would go in macarons....

[Delfina Schrecongost]

That sauce sounds divine! Mmm-hmm-mm, that seems like a great way to uplift the spirit after the dentist. Promoting a good mood can help speed the recovery, or at least make it more pleasant.

[Vernell Leider]

The sight of this caramel sauce made me drool! And when I found out that it is combined with heavy cream and butter, my stomach rumbled! This dessert is not for the faint heart! Just avoid eating too much of this. And be sure to drink lots of water afterward to wash down the sugar in your mouth. After all, those are what trigger dental cavities.

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