Cooking Tips for Sugar Syrup

Secret Cooking Tips for Making of Sugar Syrup 
Posted by Chef. Swaminatha sharma on 19/05/2018

Always use wooden spatula while making sugar syrup.  Dip the spatula and lift up.  Allow to cool for few seconds.  Now touch the syrup with your fore finger and touch your thumb together to check the consistency of the syrup.  Stages progress fairly quickly after a point, so check frequently.

1. Half-thread consistency is when a single thread is formed and breaks immediately when your forefinger and your thumb are pulled apart gently.

2. One-thread consistency is when a single thread is formed (and does not break) when your forefinger and your thumb are pulled apart gently.

3. Two-thread consistency is when two threads are formed (and do not break) when your forefinger and your thumb are pulled apart gently.  This stage is also called the soft ball stage - when a drop of syrup of this consistency is dropped into a bowl of cold water, it forms a soft ball.