Butterscotch Sauce?? Store-bought, or is there a recipe for it?

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Butterscotch Pot de Crème
Recipe question for: Butterscotch Pot de Crème

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cheese1227 April 1, 2011
Thanks for all the help ladies. They are in the oven now!!
 
mrslarkin March 31, 2011
One teaspoon is equal to 4g, or so says the nutrition label on my bag of sugar. Maybe that little bit is just a vehicle for the vanilla. So....it sounds right I guess, since there's more sugar and butterscotch sauce going in later too.
 
Kristen M. March 31, 2011
Yep, I just checked against the original recipe Shuna gave us, which she instructed us to quarter (which explains the funny 3.25 egg yolks) and that does add up. But do let us know if anything else seems wacky. Here are the measurements straight from Shuna:

WHOLE MILK 300 ml
HEAVY CREAM 1000 ml
VANILLA BEAN .5
SUGAR 25g

LARGE EGG YOLKS 13 ea.
DEMERARA or RAW SUGAR 100g
BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE 500g
“MADAGASCAR BOURBON” VANILLA EXTRACT to taste
KOSHER OR SEA SALT to taste
 
cheese1227 March 31, 2011
OK, is this really only 6.25 GRAMS of sugar. That is minescule!!
 
Kristen M. March 11, 2011
Thanks for digging those links up, mrslarkin! You were right -- Shuna did confirm that she uses this butterscotch sauce recipe with the pot de creme: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_butterscotch/ We just updated this in the recipe too.
 
mrslarkin March 11, 2011
woops! here's the link to Shuna's pudding: http://eggbeater.typepad.com/shuna/2006/12/butterscotch_pu.html
 
mrslarkin March 11, 2011
I like the recipe for Butterscotch Pudding from Shuna's blog better than this one. Her writing is so lovely to read, and the first step has you make the butterscotch sauce: http://www.food52.com/foodpickle/4062-a-question-about-a-recipe-butterscotch-pot-de-creme#pickle-answers

Also, here's the link for Shuna's "How to Make Butterscotch" with great instructional pictures: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_butterscotch/
 
hardlikearmour March 10, 2011
I assume you could use either purchased or homemade. Here's a link to recipe for Butterscotch Rum Sauce that gets good reviews: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Butterscotch-Rum-Sauce-13561
 
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