Simple Syrup, Chocolate Syrup, Chocolate Sauce
Simple Syrup is a pantry basic; something you must always have on hand.
Simple syrup is sugar dissolved in water and boiled down to evaporate some of the water. Thus making it a syrup.
You can use Simple Syrup all kinds of foods not just drinks.
You can make your syrup thicker or thinner, pending the ratio of sugar to water.
Ingredients
Simple Syrup
- 1/2 cup Sugar (Cane or White)
- 3/4 cup Water
- 1-2 tbsp Extra Water (For rinsing down sides of pan with pastry brush.)
Chocolate Syrup
- 1 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Chocolate Sauce
- 1 tbsp Butter
Instructions
Simple Syrup
- Place water in sauce pan.
- Turn on heat (low to medium).
- Add sugar to center of pan. Avoid getting sugar on sides of pan. DO NOT STIR.
- Bring to a boil for at least 5 minutes. Longer if you want a thicker syrup.
- Brush/Dab down sides of sauce pan with plain water every couple of minutes to dissolve sugar splatter
- After boiling is complete, pour syrup into glass storage container.
- Wear hot pad(s) and use funnel if necessary.
Chocolate Syrup
- Remove simple syrup from heat.
- Add Cocoa Powder & Salt to hot simple syrup.
- Stir and put pan back on to low heat.
- Stir until smooth, About 60 seconds.
- Remove from heat and stir in Vanilla Extract.
Chocolate Sauce
- Add Butter to hot Chocolate Syrup.
- Stir until butter is dissolved.
Notes
Simple Syrup has many uses.
- To sweeten coffee, tea, lemonade, etc.
- Mixed Drinks (Whiskey Sweet & Sour).
- In place of Honey, in a pinch.
- I use it in place of corn syrup (sometimes).
- Moisten cakes.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1 tbspAmount Per Serving Calories 104Total Fat 2gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 4mgSodium 158mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 2gSugar 13gProtein 2g
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