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Description

Brandy Butter is a blend of soft dark brown 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: A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, preservation, texture) of beverages and food. ... Balls of butter on a plate Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh cream. ... Brandy pot stills at the Van Ryn Brandy Cellar near Stellenbosch, South Africa For the singer and actress, see Brandy Norwood. ...

• Christmas pudding (alternatively known as plum pudding).

• Freshly baked or microwaved Mince pies.

As such, it is a seasonal alternative to cream, ice cream or custard. Christmas pudding is the dessert traditionally served on Christmas day in Britain and Ireland, as well as in some Commonwealth countries. ... Christmas pudding is the dessert traditionally served on Christmas day in Britain and Ireland, as well as in some Commonwealth countries. ... A mince pie is a traditional British sweet pastry, usually consumed during the Christmas and New Year period. ... This article is about cream, the food item. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Custard is a sweet dessert made from a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, corn starch, sugar and flavourings such as vanilla. ...

Trivia

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% milk fat, and that brandy butter, falling below this requirement was to be renamed 'brandy spreadable fat'. 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." The Sun, 22 June 1998, p8 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Suns most famous headline The Sun, a tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom, has the highest circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world, standing at around 3,200,000 copies daily in late-2004. ...

This interpretation of the regulations could be classified as a Euromyth. In actual fact the legislation contained an exemption specifically to accommodate brandy butter and similarly alcoholic sauces. A euromyth is piece of infomation about the European Union that is untrue. ...

External links

• [1] (http://www.cec.org.uk/press/myths/myth07.htm) The European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom