My first theme for this week is none other than the world renowned series known as Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter was a book series first released in 1997, about a little boy name Harry who lived under a cupboard. When the boy was a baby he survived a deadly curse known as Avada Kedavra; the killing curse. A illegal spell because it is classified as an unforgivable curse, along with Crucio and Imperio. The boy miraculously survived the curse, but his parents were sacrificed. The boy is nick named, "The boy who lived." And is famous in the wizarding world for defeating, "You know who" also known as Voldemort. Harry finds out early on in the first book that he is a wizard and much to his aunt and uncle's dismay he gets accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series follows him and his friends through the hard and pleasant times as they learn to dual, fight and control their magic.
Harry Potter was the center of my childhood. I grew up listening to the tapes then reading the books, all 7 of them. I then got to watch them come to life in the wonderful film adaptation. There was a total of 8 movies. I went to the bookstore costume parties that occurred for every book release and enjoyed the bittersweet taste of the famous butterbeer. Non-alcoholic of course.
Butterbeer is as iconic as it gets! Its the preferred drink among not only Hogwarts students, but professors and townsmen alike. I found many recipes for homemade butterbeer, but decided to go with the recipe found on Tablespoon's Web page. The result was amazing! The whipping cream was made with brown sugar instead of white sugar. That made the whipped cream more bitter which matched perfectly with the homemade butterscotch mix. The recipe also calls for butter, salt, cider vinegar, cream soda and surprisingly rum extract. The recipe makes a about 4 cups of butterbeer, but the recipe is easy to double or reduce if more or less cups are desired. Initially, you need to combine the brown sugar and water and after it boils you add butter, salt, vinegar and 1/4 of the heavy cream. Once that cools you add the rum extract. That is the homemade butterscotch taste in the drink. You then whip the cream to where it thickens, but not whipped completely. You combine the liquid mix with cream soda, making sure it's mixed together, add some ice and top off the delicious drink with the whipped cream. I would rate the recipe and the end result as a 9/10. And here's the final result...
Stay tuned later this week for Kreacher's Onion Soup as well as the making behind the chocolate frogs!
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