The theme for today's dessert was caramel. I was a little apprehensive at first but this is what I came up with....The item on the left is a Sticky Toffee Pudding and it is served hot. It is a cake batter with diced figs and it is drenched in toffee syrup that I flavored with Cointreau (orange liqueur). It was the first time that I had used figs in a recipe and I am now a big fan. Caramel Ice Cream is on the right. It was a hassle to make but it was very tasty. I had meant to tie in the Cointreau with an orange cream in the center but I grabbed the strawberry puree by accident. What a dork. I realized my mistake as I was plating up the dessert and I didn't have time to fix it. The little filagree that is stuck in the ice cream is caramel as well.
Caramel is fun to make and work with but clean up was an adventure.
