At the center of any Colonial Williamsburg home was the hearth. It provided warmth, light, and equally important – food. A favorite hearth recipe was Fairy Butter. Even Dolley Madison was known to serve it – usually on flat scones, cornbread and gingerbread.
If you’d like to try Colonial Williamsburg’s famous fairy butter, we recommend Chowning’s Tavern, or try this recipe and enjoy it at home.
Ingredients
Ingredients
½ pound butter
2 hard-boiled egg yolks
1 tbsp orange flower water
2 tsp sugar
Instructions
Put ye eggs until hard; let cool and peel them. Remove yolks.
Put the yolks in a large bowl with the sugar and the orange flower water.* Beat them all together with the back of a fork or spoon until they come to a fine paste.
Add ye butter and mix until smooth.
Pass this mixture through a fine sieve or strainer onto a plate. Decorate with flowers, if ye wish.
* Orange flower water can be purchased online or in Middle East grocers and shops.
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