Caramelized Simple Syrup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat sugar and 1 cup water in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and comes to a boil. Continue cooking, brushing down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush but without stirring, until mixture becomes golden amber in color.
• Immediately remove from heat and add 1 cup water. Return to heat and continue stirring until mixture becomes liquid. Transfer to a heatproof container and let cool completely before using.

Steps:

• Mix sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup, and baking soda together in a large pan over medium heat. It will expand because of the baking soda. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes. Take off the heat and stir in vanilla extract. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Pour sugar in a heavy skillet that heats uniformly.
• Melt over low heat, stirring constantly to pervent scorching.
• When the sugar becomes a clear brown syrup, remove from heat.
• Stir in boiling water, slowly so it doesn't spatter.(Watch out for the HOT steam).
• Return to low heat and stir until syrup is smooth again.
• Cool and pour in to a clean pint jar, cover tightly. Keeps at room temperature for 6 to 8 weeks.

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut the skin off the pineapple, then cut the pineapple into 6 lengthwise wedges. Remove the core. (Alternatively cut your pineapple into rings or chunks if you wish a different shape than the wedges).
• Bring 4 cups of water and 3/4 cup of the white sugar to a boil in a medium sized sauce pan. Add the pineapple. If necessary add a bit more water to cover the pineapple pieces. Lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes or until the pineapple is tender but not to soft. (Note that the cooking time with be less if you use the smaller pineapple chunks or rounds so keep and eye on it).
• Remove the pineapple from the syrup using tongs and place the pineapple into a large squat glass jar or bowl. (Do not use metal).
• Return the syrup to the heat and bring to a near boil. Continue to cook the syrup to reduce it until you have 2 cups remaining. Pour the syrup reduction through strainer over the pineapple. Let it marinate overnight.
• The next day remove the pineapple from the poaching liquid. Return the poaching liquid to the stove and further reduce it over medium high heat until one cup remains. Once it is reduced, remove from heat, add the 1 tsp of butcher grind black pepper. Let the reduction cool.
• Place the pineapple on a baking sheet and sprinkle heavily with the remain 1/4 cup white sugar. Broil until the pineapple begins to caramelize. Turn pineapple pieces and broil the remaining side(s) for 1 minute.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream and top with the Black Pepper Syrup.