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Gillian’s orange brandy butter

Name: Gillian’s orange brandy butter
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: A crowd
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 125g unsalted butter (at room temperature); Finely grated zest 1 orange; 350g sifted icing sugar; 50ml brandy

Published: 13 Dec 16
Updated: 18 Mar 24

This recipe for a gorgeous orange brandy butter comes from the mother of delicious. food editor Karen Barnes.

Easy
November 2016

Test kitchen approved

A crowd
Hands-on time 10 min

This recipe for a gorgeous orange brandy butter comes from the mother of delicious. food editor Karen Barnes.

Nutrition: Per tablespoon

Calories: 70kcals
Fat: 2.9g (1.9g saturated)
Protein: trace
Carbohydrates: 10g (9.9g sugars)
Fibre: trace
Salt: trace

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Ingredients

125g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
Finely grated zest 1 orange
350g sifted icing sugar
50ml brandy

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Method

Cream together the butter, orange zest and half the icing sugar until light and fluffy (it’s easiest to use a food processor or stand mixer). Beat in the rest of the icing sugar and the brandy.
Pile the butter into a serving dish, swirl the top with a palette knife, then chill until needed. The mixture will be soft at this stage but it will firm up in the fridge. Once firm, cover with cling film. It will keep for 2 weeks in the fridge.