Brandy Butter Recipe
Brandy Butter is a simple accompaniment for the plum pudding! I often joke that without this sauce no one will have my plum pudding. But it is the truth, the Brandy Butter is the soul of the plum pudding! Enjoy!
Summary
Main IngredientMilk Product
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons brandy or Irish whiskey
Directions
Cream the butter until white.
Add the sugar and beat well.
Gradually add the brandy or whiskey, taking care that the mixture does not curdle.
Pile it in a dish and chill till hard.
By tradition, plum pudding is brought to the table on Christmas Day flaming with lighted whiskey or brandy.
With spirits so much underproof nowadays, it is a wise precaution to sprinkle some granulated sugar over the pudding after you have poured on a quarter cup of warmed spirits.
This should keep the flame alight.
In my childhood we always used a good splash of poteen and we had a flame that would singe the rafters.
Add the sugar and beat well.
Gradually add the brandy or whiskey, taking care that the mixture does not curdle.
Pile it in a dish and chill till hard.
By tradition, plum pudding is brought to the table on Christmas Day flaming with lighted whiskey or brandy.
With spirits so much underproof nowadays, it is a wise precaution to sprinkle some granulated sugar over the pudding after you have poured on a quarter cup of warmed spirits.
This should keep the flame alight.
In my childhood we always used a good splash of poteen and we had a flame that would singe the rafters.
