I am a member of the generation that grew up with a boy named Harry Potter. "When did you first hear about Harry Potter?" is a frequent question people of my generation ask each other as that moment defines a part of our collective cultural experience. It seemed like none of us could wait for J.K Rowling to finally release the next installment in the series and we gobbled up the film adaptions as a way to extend the inevitable departure with the franchise. After the magnificient final film adaption was released last year, I suppose we recovering Harry Potter addicts are each finding our own ways to cope. For me, I decided to take a quick trip back to Hogsmeade with a nice, cool, alchoholic free glass of butterbeer.
I actually used the "official" recipe that Universal Studios allegedly uses at their Harry Potter village. I found the recipe at http://www.squidoo.com/universal-studios-orlando-harry-potter-butterbeer-recipe A friend of mine had tried the stuff at Studios and I asked her to compare mine with what she had at the park. Justifying the year interlude between tastings of both butterbeers as a way to plead uncertainty, she did say that it tasted as good as she remembered. It was indeed very tasty. and extremely frothy.
I first had to make a caramel like sauce over the stove. Cursing my reluctance to break down and buy a candy thermometer to make my life easier, I had to make an educated guess to know when the sauce was ready. Anyways, it's not like real wizards use candy thermometers, right? I guess they just use magic in these situations. Caramelo sauceo prepareo!
Then came the addition of the ingredient which gives the beverage its name. The recipe called for like an entire stick. I guess J.K Rowling never intended for the drink to ever be actually made and gave no thought to the drink's possible deleterious health risks. But hey, anything with this much butter has to be delicious. I began to wonder if perhaps Paula Deen was the one to bring the recipe to the world of Muggles.
After the sauce was done, I added it to some Cream Soda. It was pretty cool to watch the drink to become almost instananeously foamy. It was like a 5th grade science fair project.
Not bad for a Muggle.
I actually used the "official" recipe that Universal Studios allegedly uses at their Harry Potter village. I found the recipe at http://www.squidoo.com/universal-studios-orlando-harry-potter-butterbeer-recipe A friend of mine had tried the stuff at Studios and I asked her to compare mine with what she had at the park. Justifying the year interlude between tastings of both butterbeers as a way to plead uncertainty, she did say that it tasted as good as she remembered. It was indeed very tasty. and extremely frothy.
I first had to make a caramel like sauce over the stove. Cursing my reluctance to break down and buy a candy thermometer to make my life easier, I had to make an educated guess to know when the sauce was ready. Anyways, it's not like real wizards use candy thermometers, right? I guess they just use magic in these situations. Caramelo sauceo prepareo!
Then came the addition of the ingredient which gives the beverage its name. The recipe called for like an entire stick. I guess J.K Rowling never intended for the drink to ever be actually made and gave no thought to the drink's possible deleterious health risks. But hey, anything with this much butter has to be delicious. I began to wonder if perhaps Paula Deen was the one to bring the recipe to the world of Muggles.
Not bad for a Muggle.
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