The alcohol content can vary greatly. The traditional accompaniment for plum pudding , hard sauce is made by beating butter, sugar and flavoring together until smooth and creamy. The sugar can be confectioners', granulated or brown. The flavoring is generally brandy, rum or whiskey, though vanilla or other extracts may also be used. It's often spooned into a decorative mold before chilling and unmolded before serving.
Hard sauce is known in England as brandy butter.
Well balanced, with no component obtrusive or lacking. Used to describe astringent wines that are tannic or high in alcohol. A spice mixture used as both a condiment and a seasoning. Harissa contains chillies which are ground with cumin, garlic, coriander, and olive oil. It becomes a thick paste that is used as is in cooking or diluted with oil or stock to be used as a condiment.