204 caramel icing recipes

Three mini cream puff fillings: smoked salmon mousse, curried caramelized onions, and a crab-cream cheese spread with red peppers. Ready to pipe into pate a choux for elegant hors d'oeuvres.

Tomato and peach salad with caramelized almonds, basil, and lemon-olive oil dressing. The summer salad that proves tomatoes are a fruit. Ready in 20 minutes.

Grilled goat cheese salad with sweet-and-sour caramelized Spanish onions, sun-dried tomato vinaigrette, and mixed greens. A classic French bistro starter that eats like a full meal.

Swordfish marinade with soy sauce, orange juice, tomato paste, garlic, and lemon. A savory-citrus blend that caramelizes beautifully on the grill.

Leek pizza with butter-sauteed leeks, Roma tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese on a prebaked shell. A white pizza with no red sauce that lets the sweet caramelized leeks shine.

Broiled pineapple slices topped with buttery brown sugar and macadamia nuts until caramelized and bubbly. A five-ingredient tropical dessert ready in 20 minutes.

Caramelized banana tossed with golden raisins, cilantro, lemon zest, and Japanese chili spice for a sweet-heat salsa. Ready in under 15 minutes, it pairs with grilled meats and fish.

Old-fashioned lace cookies with pecans, brown sugar, and corn syrup, rolled into delicate cylinders while still warm. Shatteringly crisp and caramel-sweet.

Chicken fajita pizza combines sizzling chili-spiced chicken strips, caramelized onions, and bell peppers on a crispy crust with salsa and melted Monterey Jack. Tex-Mex meets pizza night in one crowd-pleasing pan.

Chinese-style char siu pork tenderloin glazed with soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, and a hint of cinnamon. Oven-roasted until sticky and caramelized. Serves 8 as an appetizer.

Pecan crispies made with brown sugar, butter, and shortening for thin, crunchy cookies with caramel-like flavor. A simple drop cookie recipe that bakes up crisp every batch.

Thin, lacy Italian Florentine cookies loaded with nuts and candied orange peel in a caramelized cream base. Shatteringly crisp with just 6 ingredients. Drizzle with melted chocolate for the classic finish.

Chinese crispy beef shin marinated with star anise and cinnamon, simmered, frozen, sliced paper-thin, deep-fried, then tossed with caramelized sugar and toasted sesame seeds.

Broiled ginger shrimp marinated in pureed fresh ginger, shallots, dry sherry, and Italian dressing. Three hours of marinating builds bold, aromatic flavor that caramelizes under the broiler.

Two-ingredient ham glaze: peach jam stirred with chopped candied ginger and thinned with water. Sweet, gingery shine that caramelizes into a sticky lacquer over baked ham.

Cheesy creamy garlic soup caramelizes a dozen cloves of garlic with onion, deglazes with white wine, and purées French bread into a velvety bowl finished with cream and Gruyère. A French country soup with serious depth.