Let's talk about how to make
the most of a vanilla bean when you have a recipe that calls for one.
Not exact matches
This means that real, whole
vanilla beans are one
of the
most expensive spices in our cupboards.
We would serve each slice warm, with a scoop
of vanilla bean ice cream, and it was always the part
of the meal that I looked forward to the
most.
Because I've tasted the other side, the one where you take that milk in your fridge that you needed to use up anyway, the sugar that's already in your pantry, a bit
of salt, the smallest snippet
of vanilla bean and maybe a cinnamon stick, if you so desire, and boil them together until it smells like the heavens exhaled in your kitchen and the mixture becomes the
most complexly flavored thick copper caramel with a deliciousness will bring tears to your eyes.
2 teaspoons coconut oil 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 1/3 cup israeli couscous (
most grocery stores don't have this, but I managed to find it at Trader Joe's) 2 14oz cans coconut milk (not lite, regular full fat glory), plus more if needed ** 1 cup diced dried apricot (from about 16 apricots) 6 tablespoons white granulated sugar or cane sugar pinch
of salt 1/4 teaspoon
vanilla bean paste For Garnish: Coconut chips about 1/3 cup chopped pistachios whipped cream, either dairy cream or coconut cream
Today, I'm sharing the world's
most perfect sour cream pound cake, studded with fuschia pink empress plums, tart and sweet and jammy, and rich, bitter dark chocolate and served warm with a scoop
of creamy
vanilla bean ice cream.
Using
vanilla bean in its
most wholesome form instead
of vanilla extract makes a big difference and you can get it on Amazon, but if you don't have access to it,
vanilla extract will do the job.
This variety
of vanilla beans are superior with flavor and aromatic qualities that make these
beans the
most popular and sought after
vanilla variety.
A scour
of the interwebs suggests that the standard formula is somewhere around 5
vanilla beans per 1 cup (250 ml)
of alcohol, and that while vodka is the
most popular choice, bourbon and rum are runners up.
Whenever I can, I use whole foods instead
of extracts (lemon zest, orange zest,
vanilla bean powder, cinnamon)- and I buy
most of the extracts on Amazon (cherry, maple, etc.).
Most of their baked goods contain soybean and canola oil and carrageenan, but this item is fairly pure with only milk, cream sugar, tapioca, cage - free eggs, sea salt,
vanilla extract, and
vanilla bean.
Though
most Americans may not think
of orchids when they hear the word
vanilla, the exotic Mexican tropical plant produces the fruit we know as the
vanilla bean or pod.