Butter
Butter is a rich dairy fat used in cocktails mainly for fat-washing spirits or melted into hot drinks like Hot Buttered Rum, where it adds a silky, rounded richness. It carries almost no sweetness of its own, just body and mouthfeel. Unsalted butter is generally preferred so a recipe's seasoning stays under control.
Allergens: dairy
Common uses
- melted into hot buttered spirit drinks
- used for fat-washing a base spirit
Buying & storage
A few days: Good for a few days refrigerated, then noticeably duller. Worth planning a second drink around rather than throwing away.
Buying: use unsalted butter unless a recipe specifically calls for salted
Storage: refrigerate and use by the date on the packaging
Before it goes
Use up butter
Ranked by how much of it each drink uses and how little else it needs — the ones at the top will not send you back to the shop.
- Hot Buttered Rum
Uses 15ml. Also needs dark rum, brown sugar.
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
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