Sugar decorations with bubbles
It looks very simple and very effective. I finally found out how to do it and tried it, now I still can't wait to try tobacco sugar, but it will have to wait for the equipment (tube and pump).
Preparation steps
- As with making other decorations from sugar or caramel, pre-prepare bowls of cold water, gloves (latex, nitrile or vinyl), silpat matte (if you don't have a can of marble board or baking paper on a board made of some heat-resistant material). One bowl of cold water should be next to the stove to dip a sickle with sugar in it when it is done, and the other next to the work surface to be on hand for God forbid, sugar sticks and it is important that cold water is close to prevent burns . Also prepare a brush for coating, some clear alcoholic drink (most colorless but not necessarily, this in the picture is with rum) pour into a cup, and cut baking paper (non-stick that can for candy) to the required size, crumple a little and then stretch so as not to bend.
- Pour sugar and water into a bowl with a thicker bottom, similar to the process for drawn sugar or poured sugar, the process when the sugar is cooked is different to get bubbles. It can be mixed until the sugar dissolves, then pour corn syrup into the middle of the sieve (it can be glucose, or home-made syrup according to Violet Love's recipe) and never mix. Cook until the syrup is golden yellow and briefly immerse in a bowl of cold water. The procedure until the sieve is immersed in water is the same as with poured sugar and drawn sugar, the only difference is that lemon juice does not go into this. If color is added (it is colorless in the picture), add the color after immersion in a bowl of cold water. Various colors can be added, here are examples of color decorations made of poured sugar and drawn sugar.
- Then quickly brush the pieces of baking paper with alcohol and pour the sugar over the paper. Hold the paper vertically above the work surface (I use silpat, it’s phenomenal for working with sugar) to drain excess sugar. If you make more decorations, coat the paper with alcohol one by one and work quickly, the more time passes there will be fewer bubbles (in the picture) on the left you can see that one with fewer bubbles. If you make a lot of decorations, you can either put a sugar bowl in a bowl of hot water to keep it liquid for a long time, or sleep in a ceramic bowl so you can heat it in the microwave if needed.
Serving
1. Like all sugar decorations, they are sensitive to moisture, should be stored in a dry place and placed on a dessert that is decorated just before serving.
