Brandy & vanilla butter in dish with spoon

Brandy butter

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Prep: 10 mins

Easy

Serves 8

Not just for Christmas pud, our easy brandy butter goes perfectly with mince pies or spread over toasted panettone for a luxurious seasonal treat

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal294
  • fat21g
  • saturates13g
  • carbs23g
  • sugars23g
  • fibre0g
  • protein0g
  • salt0.46g
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Ingredients

  • 200g salted butter, softened
  • 175g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste, or seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod
    Vanilla

    Vanilla

    van-ill-ah

    The sun-dried seed pod of a type of climbing orchid, vanilla has an inimitable soft, sweet…

  • 5-7 tbsp brandy
    Brandy

    Brandy

    bran-dee

    Brandy is a distilled spirit made from virtually any fermented fruit or starchy vegetable.…

Method

  1. Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale, then whisk in the brandy, one tbsp at a time, until you are pleased with the taste. Scrape into a serving bowl and chill for 1 hr or for up to 3 days, before serving. Freeze for up to a month.

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MStahl71
6th Dec, 2018
5.05
Delicious! Had to use my husband’s Cognac as we didn’t be have any Brandy. It tasted delicious and have received many compliments and requests for the recipe so far.
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maggiebleksley
19th Dec, 2018
lol Cognac IS brandy, so you were right to use it :)
jotheowl
30th Dec, 2017
4.05
This does need seven tbsp of brandy in my opinion, but at tbsp six it split. Despite not having the best appearance or consistency it was still delicious.
Breeliant
23rd Oct, 2016
5.05
Made this with unsalted butter, as I didn't have any salted butter, and it was just as delicious!
mysticalmoooo
17th Dec, 2015
5.05
Fabulous taste, just made it for our Christmas dinner this week.
simonademuro
26th Dec, 2014
Brilliant! Took me very little time as whizzed it all in my food processor and added the brandy as I went along. Just perfect. Used vanilla paste instead and worked perfectly.
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robets746d
16th Dec, 2014
5.05
Totally delicious- recipe worked perfectly!
lizleicester
23rd Dec, 2012
3.05
Tastes nice but it curdled so I had to add extra icing sugar to bring it back on track.
annathebanana
22nd Dec, 2011
I'm going to make this for Christmas but I was wondering whether you are really meant to use salted butter. Surely unsalted would taste better?
amylel9
23rd Dec, 2015
often salted butter is used in sweet recipes, its subtle but brings the salty sweetness. don't worry :)

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teresaoakes
25th Sep, 2017
Does this really only last for three days?
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goodfoodteam
27th Sep, 2017
We think this is at its best if eaten within 3 days. We'd recommend freezing it if you'd like to keep it for longer.
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