brandy butter

British

noun

Also called: hard sauce. butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc

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She said that out of the 244 sampled, there were two bad scones, while her favourite was a Christmas pudding scone with brandy butter at Treasurer's House, Yorkshire.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

So, I hope you carved the turkey and cut the cake, crunched the roasties and smeared the brandy butter.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2012

A small salad to accompany the goose was Lady Caroline’s concession to the season — that and Christmas pudding doused with brandy butter and set alight.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2010

At eight next morning they started in the boat, hospitable Mrs. MacLeod insisting on their taking with them beef, meal, and even the luxuries of brandy, butter, and sugar.

From The True Story Book by Lang, Andrew

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