We’ve made Butterbeer and butterbeer ice cream. But we hadn’t yet combined Butterbeer with my favourite food– popcorn. It’s ‘the’ movie food, so no Harry Potter movie night is complete without a bowl of this butterbeer caramelised popcorn.
Butterbeer Caramelised Popcorn | Harry Potter
Author: Bryton Taylor @ Food in Literature
Ingredients
- ½ cup British ale (Speckled Hen)
- ¼ cup popcorn kernels
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 50 g butter
- 2 heaped tbsp corn syrup
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Pour popcorn kernels into a brown paper lunch bag, fold over edge and tape with masking tape. Microwave on high for approximately 2 minutes.
- Pour into a large glass bowl.
- Preheat oven to 130oC.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- In a medium saucepan, add in the ale, sugar, corn syrup and butter.
- Bring to a simmer and allow to cook until it reaches hard crack stage (300° F–310° F).
- Turn off heat, stir in pumpkin pie spice, and pour over the popcorn.
- Stir well, pour onto baking tray and place in oven.
- Bake for 40 minutes then set aside to cool.
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