Christmas cracker butter

Spread this seasonal cheer on anything that needs to be buttered. Pikelets and pancakes, gems and gingerbreads will love you for it. You can even rub it into fresh sweetcorn.

Ingredients

50 g	Dried cranberries, chopped
1 splash	Gin, or rum
200 g	Butter (Main)
50 g	Pecans, walnuts or pistachios, chopped
1	Orange, zest of
2 cm	Fresh ginger, finely grated
1 tsp	Christmas spice, see method below
1 handful	Edible flower, petals

Directions

1. Cover the cranberries with gin or rum and leave to soften.
2. Chop the butter into a bowl. Add the cranberries, liquor, pecans, orange zest, ginger, Christmas spice (seerecipe) and flower petals.
3. Whip together well, then roll into baking paper and twist to form a Christmas cracker. Refrigerate to store.

See theBiteteam's suggestions for more edible gifts

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• Minted passionfruit potion
• Prunes in gin
• Small batch fresh strawberry jam
• Buckwheat granola