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]]