Brandy butter
1714158
223963671
2008-07-06T18:49:05Z
AnnaFrance
7002667
clean up, Replaced: In actual fact → actually using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]]
'''Brandy butter''' is a sweet, rich [[sauce]], usually consumed with traditional [[desserts]] during the [[Christmas]] and [[New Year]] period in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Also known at [[Cambridge]] as '''Senior Wrangler sauce'''; the term is derived from the title given for the highest score in the [[Cambridge Mathematical Tripos|Math Tripos]] exam.
==Description==
Brandy butter is a blend of soft dark brown or icing [[sugar]], unsalted [[butter]] and [[brandy]]. Refrigerated until it is relatively hard, it is typically served cold to provide a contrast with hot desserts such as:
*[[Christmas pudding]] (alternatively known as [[plum pudding]]).
*Freshly baked or micro waved [[Mince pies]].
As such, it is a seasonal alternative to [[cream (food)|cream]], [[ice cream]] or [[custard]].
==Brandy butter in EU law==
In [[1998]] a number of [[newspapers]] carried a story regarding [[European Union]] rules that the labelling of dairy products as '''butter''' required a minimum of 75 percent milk fat, and that brandy butter, falling below this requirement was to be renamed ''brandy spreadable fat''. ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' newspaper erroneously reported, "That great British Christmas treat, brandy butter, is to be outlawed by the order of the EU. Brussels says it doesn't have enough butter in it." <ref name="sun">''The Sun'', 22 June 1998, p. 8.</ref>
This interpretation of the regulations could be classified as a [[Euromyth]]. Actually the legislation contained an exemption specifically to accommodate brandy butter and similar alcoholic sauces.
==External links==
*[http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/euromyths/myth07_en.htm Euromyth:Brandy Butter] ''The European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom''
==References==
* {{cite book|author=Black, William.|title=The Land that Thyme Forgot|publisher=Bantam|year=2005|id=ISBN 0593 053621}} p. 350
<references/>
[[Category:British cuisine]]
[[Category:Christmas food]]
[[Category:Sauces]]
[[de:Brandy Butter]]
[[es:Brandy butter]]
[[fr:Brandy butter]]