the bottom of the pan with the spatula/spoon.
turn up the heat and bring the mixture to the boil. once boiling take the spoon or spatula out – no more stirring, just let it do it’s stuff!
it will rise up in the pan as it boils but will soon drop back down so no panic.
now it needs to boil until the temperature reaches 145c. it takes a fair while to edge up that far – about 10 minutes really boiling. keep an eye on your sugar thermometer, but as always please be careful hot sugar and skin is not a good combination. if you don’t have a sugar thermometer set a 