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Sweet and Salty Smoked Paprika Popcorn

Christina Austin, Buffy & George Blog
Popcorn lightly flavoured with smoked paprika, butter, brown sugar and sea salt.
Servings 4 -6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup approx. unpopped popcorn or about 10 cups popcorn
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp Maldon salt
  • 1/2 tsp smoked mild paprika
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Pop all of the popcorn into a large bowl - a big bowl will help when you need to stir the butter mixture to coat the popcorn evenly.
  • Meanwhile, in a small saucepan melt the butter with the brown sugar, smoked paprika and half of the salt. Stir with a mini whisk frequently. Allow the butter to bubble for a minute or two but keep a close eye on it because you don't want the milk solids to burn. I like to let the sugar dissolve a bit into the butter - it helps when you coat the popcorn. You will know it is ready because the sugar has blended with the butter a bit, but don't worry if there is sugar on the bottom of the pot; it doesn't need to dissolve perfectly.
  • Pour the butter mixture over the still warm popcorn, slowly, while stirring the popcorn with a large spoon. Keep stirring until it seems like all the pieces of popcorn have some butter on them.
  • Sprinkle over the remaining salt and test some to see if more salt is needed for your personal taste. Enjoy!