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Caramelise
To heat sugar to a high temperature until it turns a golden brown colour. This effect can be obtained by either heating sugar in a pan, eg to make sweets or caramel shapes to decorate desserts or by grilling it under a hot preheated grill, eg to decorate the top of a dessert with caramelised icing sugar.