Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Caster sugar is a staple of cooking around the world, save North America, where it’s just starting to make a beachhead. Another form of refined sucrose, the consistency is a much finer sugar than American white refined, making it integrate incredibly well quickly and evenly. It is called caster sugar because it is ground to a grain size fine enough to shake it out of a caster. A number of pre-mixed drink “powders” that use sugar will use caster mixed in with their color and flavor ingredients. I can’t make my coconut milk ice cream without it!
EXPERIENCE
India Tree’s Caster Sugar is all about feel and finish. Its superfine crystals dissolve instantly, leaving no grit—just clean, balanced sweetness that lifts flavors instead of coating them. When you cream it into butter, it melts silk-smooth. When you whip it into meringues, it holds a perfect glossy peak. And when you sprinkle it over fruit or pastry, it gives a delicate crunch that feels almost weightless.
CAN'T I MAKE IT MYSELF?
There are places on the web that tell you to use a food processor, or add a little powdered sugar. It is very hard to get the grind uniform, exactly as you’ll find it here in this well-made product from India Tree. I have tried and tried the “do it yourself” model, and it’s never quite as satisfying because of the erratic textures it can create.
If you need a small quantity and have a spice mill or coffee grinder that works at very high speed you might be apple to approximate it more closely, but this is a sugar you can use in anything that needs fast dissolve or more even dissolves, like ice cream.
COMMON USES
- Ice creams;
- Dessert pastries;
- Icing;
- Mixed Drinks;
- Meringues;
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
AKA
- Superfine sugar
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