Irish Cream Caramel Sauce

Our answer

Nigella's Salted Caramel Sauce is an easy sauce made with butter, sugar, golden syrup and double cream. It is possible to add a liqueur to the sauce and if you use an Irish cream liqueur then we would stick with a traditional version and avoid using one of the more exotically-flavoured varieties. As alcohol evaporates when boiled, and can cause hot sugar-based mixtures to bubble up, we would suggest letting the sauce cool slightly before adding any liqueur. Also as too much liqueur will mask the taste of the caramel, add a little at a time, tasting carefully as you go.

The salt in the sauce helps to balance the sugar and butter and you may find that a pinch of salt will help to bring out the flavours. If you add salt at the end then you may find it easier to use a flaky sea salt that can be crumbled in and will dissolve more easily in the cooled sauce.