Almond Milk 2 cups almonds — soaked overnight 6 cups water 4 dates — pitted 2 tablespoons agave 1/2
vanilla bean pod without beans OR 1/4 whole vanilla pod (I like to save the vanilla pods after I've scooped out the beans for other desserts.
Place vanilla bean pod in a plastic bag and fill with sugar to make vanilla sugar for the tops of the creme brulee, set aside.
Raw ground vanilla bean or a
scraped vanilla bean pod is a nice add in too if you care to splurge — it gives a great flavor to ice creams.
If you've already made my Homemade Vanilla Extract and don't know what to do with the
leftover vanilla bean pods, DO N'T THROW THEM AWAY!
12 ounces rhubarb, chopped into 1 inch pieces 4 ounces raspberries 1
vanilla bean pod, seeds scraped 2 cups water 8 tablespoons good honey (more or less to taste, see note) water, club soda, ginger ale, or any other bubbly drink you think would be a good fit
Remove
vanilla bean pod and place in a ziptop bag with about 5 tbsp.
Place in a small sauce pot over medium heat and add
the vanilla bean pod.
In a medium saucepan, whisk together milk, heavy cream, sugar, egg yolks,
vanilla bean pod, scrapings and extract, and salt until smooth.
Remove
the vanilla bean pods from the reserved peaches.
You could definitely use
a vanilla bean pod.
Do you have any thoughts on what you can do with
the vanilla bean pod after you scrape out the insides?
Remove
the vanilla bean pod and freeze the mixture in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.
Set
the vanilla bean pod aside for later.
(I also put
the vanilla bean pod in and fish them out before I put the ice cream mixture into the ice cream maker.)
Once melted, remove from heat and add
the vanilla bean pod and the seeds to the melted butter, and let steep for 20 minutes.
Split
the vanilla bean pod lengthwise and put in your container of pear juice, let it sit for at least an hour.
Add the honey,
vanilla bean pod with seeds, ginger, and five - spice powder.
After chilling, remove
the vanilla bean pod and churn in your ice cream maker according to manufacturers instructions.
Discard ginger and
vanilla bean pod.
If you like you can add
the vanilla bean pod to the jar, or bowl, but you can also dicard it at this point.
Combine the heavy cream, whole milk,
vanilla bean pod and seeds scraped with half of the sugar in a medium sauce pot and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and, using a fork, remove the anise, cinnamon sticks, and
vanilla bean pod (you can either discard them or, well, I basically sucked on them like they were candy once they fully cooled).
Add the honey, maple syrup, star anise, cinnamon sticks, scraped vanilla bean seeds and
the vanilla bean pod to a small sauce pot.
6 bosc (or bartlett) pears, peeled, cored, and diced into 1 - inch pieces 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (120 ml) water 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 vanilla bean, cut lengthwise with seeds removed 1 tablespoon agave nectar (or honey) In a large saucepan, place prepared pears, sugar, water, lemon juice, vanilla bean seeds, and
vanilla bean pod.
Remove
vanilla bean pods.
Once finished, remove
the vanilla bean pods and transfer the compote to the KitchenAid ® Pro Line ® Series Food Processor and process until smooth.