Butterbeer is a fictional drink from the Harry Potter book series. Harry is first presented with the beverage in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Though it has no noticeable affect on a thirteen-year-old human, butterbeer is strong enough to cause drunkenness in a house-elf, if consumed on a regular basis. J. K. Rowling told in her interview to the Bon Appetit" magazine that it is supposed "to taste a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch."
The mascot of the Quidditch team the Ballycastle Bats, Barny the Fruitbat, is used in butterbeer advertisements ("Barny says: I'm just batty about Butterbeer!")
Recipes
Several recipes were proposed to fit the name, for example:
Ingredients:
- 1 pint (0.57 litres) vanilla ice cream (softened)
- 1/2 stick butter (softened)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp. of cinnamon
- 1 tsp. grated nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. ground clove
- 1 quart (1.1 litre) apple cider
Directions:
- Cream butter, sugar and spices together.
- Beat in the vanilla ice cream.
- Re-freeze the mixture.
- Scoop out the frozen mixture into a glass.
- Pour hot Apple cider over the ice cream mixture.
Optional: add an ounce (30 g) of rum for an adult treat.
Links
Butterbear is a fictional character in The Wuzzles.
