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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
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1522.0. "Hard Sauce - a topping for pies - recipe wanted" by AUSTIN::BOGGESS () Fri Nov 18 1988 16:55

    My mother always served a topping for pies during the holidays she
    called "Hard Sauce".  Unfortunately she died some time ago and left
    no trace of the recipe.
    
    Does anyone know what I'm talking about?  If so, does anyone have
    the recipe?

    Thanks,
    
    Jean Boggess
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1522.1Maybe?CSOA1::WIEGMANNSun Nov 20 1988 18:3118
    The only hard sauce recipe in The New York Times Heritage Cookbook
    is below.  I don't think I've ever had hard sauce so I don't really
    know, but I always assumed it was cooked.
    
    Hard Sauce
    
    1 cup sweet butter
    1 cup confectioners' sugar
    1/4 cup rum, cognas or dry sherry
    1/8 tsp salt
    
    Cream butter and sugar together very well.  Beat in remaining
    ingredients and chill thoroughly.  Yield about 2 cups.
    
    I hope this is what you're looking for -
    
    Terry
    
1522.2hard sauce for plum puddingOFOS01::STELINTue Nov 22 1994 16:168
    There's a hard sauce for plum pudding which may be the same recipe I
    don't know but;
    
    Does anyone know of another sauce used with plum pudding (that's
    consistancy IS hard) that's very sweet.  I think it's made with a lot
    of confectioners sugar.
    
    I would really like the name of the sauce and even better - the recipe.
1522.3XSTACY::GRAINNEsignal (SIGCUBE, SIG_IGN);Tue Nov 22 1994 16:3226
    My hard sauce recipe for christmas pudding (plum duff) is as follows:
    
    125g /4oz *unsalted* butter
    125g/ 4oz icing sugar (powder sugar)
    25g / 1oz ground almonds
    60ml /4 tbsp double cream
    45ml /3 tbsp brandy
    
    190 cals per serving (like we care ...)
    
    
    In a bowl, beat the butter until really soft then gradually beat in the
    sugar and ground almonds. Then, gently work in the cream.
    
    Beat in the brandy 15ml at a time, being careful not to let it curdle.
    
    Cover and refridgerate
    
    Take out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before serving.
    
    This is essentially the same recipe as .1 - but I *have* made it
    several times, and it comes out fine. I've never known it to show any
    signs of curdling (caution is from the recipe book.)
    
    Its also called Brandy Butter. And its definitely very sweet ...
     
1522.4XSTACY::GRAINNEsignal (SIGCUBE, SIG_IGN);Tue Nov 22 1994 16:334
    PS: I forgot to mention that this sauce is also frequently used for
    mincemeat tarts (the Christmas type, with no meat, and lots of sugar
    and suet.)