How to make burnt sugar or burnt sugar - recipe and preparation.

Burnt sugar, most often called shortly - zhzhenka. Preparing burnt sugar is simple - by carmelizing (heating) regular sugar. Many use it to treat coughs. But here we will not consider the benefits and harms of using it for treatment. Here we will tell you how to make burnt sugar for use as a brown food coloring, for coloring confectionery products: cream, for fondant and cakes.

And so, cooking zhzhenki or how to make burnt sugar at home. A very simple recipe.

Pour granulated sugar (1 tbsp) into the pan and keep on low heat until the smoke comes out and the sugar becomes a pleasant brown hue. Then, gradually and continuously stirring, pour half a glass of hot water. After dissolving the melted sugar, the solution is filtered, poured into a bottle and stored in the refrigerator for no more than a year.

How does the preparation of zhzhenka look step by step in the photo.

In addition to being used for coloring cream and mastic, such liquid food coloring is often used to obtain the desired color for alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.