'I'll get the drinks, shall I?' said Ron.
Harry and Hermione made their way to the back of the room, where there was a small, vacant table between the window and a handsome Christmas tree which stood next to the fireplace. Ron came back five minutes later, carrying three foaming tankards of hot Butterbeer.
'Happy Christmas!' he said happily raising his tankard.
Harry drank deeply. It was the most delicious thing he'd ever tasted and seemed to heat every bit of him from the inside.
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (pg 149)
She knew she had to have the Butterbeer! And off she went to surf the internet for some recipes.
After 5 minutes-
'Damn! So many recipes. What do I choose?' she felt sad at the confusion.
When I met her that day I knew something was wrong.
'What is it?' I asked.
'It's Butterbeer. I wanna have it!' came the child like voice.
'No sweat sweetheart! I know just the Best one for you.. From Be the Best. Let's get started!'
BUTTERBEER*
For foam :: Vanilla Ice-cream
For Base :: Lemonade
For syrup :: Butter, sugar and cream (whole or half) in 1 : 1 : 1 ratio + Vanilla essence
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| The Syrup |
1. Prepare the syrup -
• Heat butter and sugar in a pan till it dissolves.
• Add cream and heat till it melts and dissolves.
• Remove from heat and let it cool.
• Add vanilla essence
2. Assemble Butterbeer
• Add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream to a glass/tumbler
• Add 5-8 tsp of syrup
• Add sufficient amount of lemonade to bring the foam up
• Stir gently. Take care to not let the foam down.
• Done. Serve immediately!
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| Foamy Butterbeer! |
► Tips :
• Use homemade lemonade so that you can control the amount of lemon in it. We recommend limejuice of 1/2 lemon (if big) and 1 lemon (if small) for 1 glass Butterbeer
• Pour a little bit of soda water on top of the Butterbeer. See the magic! ;)
• Use white sugar instead of brown to avoid pigmentation.
• Do not cool the syrup for too long or the butter will solidify
*This is cold Butterbeer. Not the hot foaming one. It tastes the same though. The hot Butterbeer recipe is being worked upon by Be the Best.
Celebrate your Potterhead-ness with a fizzy, cool, foaming Butterbeer! And remember to... Be the Best!
~asra♥Su
