oh dear, butter beer
So, I’ve been trying to come up with a recipe for a summertime butter beer - I know that it’s usually served in (magical places) cooler weather - but it’s such a big part of the Harry Potter experience, that I wanted to try and come up with some thing for the party (which is, of course, in July).
I had read a few online “recipes” from other Potter People - almost all of them called for a warmed sparkling beverage of some type. One caught my attention - mostly because it had ice cream in it, but also because of the flavorings.
I have always imagined butter beer to be very butterscotchy - and frothy. So the icecream idea was intriguing.
What I did was allow 1 pt of vanilla ice cream to “soften” for 30 minutes at room temperature. Once soften, I folded in a good 1/2 cup of butterscotch syrup, returned the mixture into the container and “re-froze” until firm.
Once the right consistency, I scooped (again, about) 1/2 cup of ice cream into a glass. I next poured Ginger Beer (not ale) over the ice cream - it created a pleasing color - and was reasonably tasty. I tried two different ginger beers - one was a little too bitey and the other was a little too sour.
But I’m not giving up - sparkling apple cider and cream soda are next on my list.
butter beer, harry potter party
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