RECIPES REQUIRING CARAMEL Hazelnut Caramel Curls Salambos Croquembouche Gâteau St Honoré Kougelhof Ice Cream Cake HOW I LEARNED TO MAKE CARAMEL … SLOWLY ONE DAY EARLY ON IN MY APPRENTICESHIP my boss Jean Clauss said to me, “Today you’re in charge of glazing the salambos.” This meant that I had to make caramel Salambos are oval puffs made with pâte à choux, filled with pastry cream flavored with kirschwasser, glazed on top with caramel, and decorated with a slice of toasted almond I was not even sixteen years old and had never made caramel in my life Jean Clauss told me to get a round 10-inch copper bowl, put it on the gas stove over medium heat, add a thin layer of sugar, wait for the sugar to turn to caramel, and continue feeding each layer of caramel with more sugar He instructed me to stir in more sugar as the sugar in the bowl turned to caramel I stirred slowly, as carefully as I’ve ever stirred, and Jean Clauss, who was mean, always ... a round 10-inch copper bowl, put it on the gas stove over medium heat, add a thin layer of sugar, wait for the sugar to turn to caramel, and continue feeding each layer of caramel with more sugar He instructed me to stir in...Kougelhof Ice Cream Cake HOW I LEARNED TO MAKE CARAMEL … SLOWLY ONE DAY EARLY ON IN MY APPRENTICESHIP my boss Jean Clauss said to me, “Today you’re in charge of glazing the salambos.”... are oval puffs made with pâte à choux, filled with pastry cream flavored with kirschwasser, glazed on top with caramel, and decorated with a slice of toasted almond I was not even sixteen years old and had never