Can I make caramel sauce with crystalline fructose?
I'd like to make a caramel sauce with crystalline fructose as my mom's diabetic and can't have sugar.
I know (in theory) that fructose caramelizes at a lower temp than regular sugar, but I'm not sure if caramelizing crystalline fructose would lead to a similar taste and if I should do it the same way as if I were using sugar.
Thank you v much :)
Best Answer
It won't caramelize, it doesn't have the same properties as sugar.
What you can do is brown butter, cook it with cream, and flavor it with vanilla and crystalline fructose to approximate caramel. I haven't tried this, there are a variety of "diabetic caramel sauce" recipes you can google.
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