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| empty vanilla pod, too good to throw away |
Recently i have been baking a lot, using fresh vanilla pods. Considering the taste and the flavor of fresh vanilla, i will never-ever go back to use the artificial stuff. Not only because of the taste and the flavor but also because i know that I don't want any chemicals in my food, if I can avoid it. So I am quite glad to always have vanilla available (just ordered a new batch online).
But what to do once you scrapped the beans out of the pod? Don't just throw away the pod. The empty pod actually is still having a lot of the vanilla magic left inside, the vanillin, why not extract that as well (as the pods already are not that cheap anyway)? I like to make my own vanilla extract and its rather easy. Just follow the pictures below and enjoy your own self made vanilla extract.
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| Vanilla immersed in rum, week 1 |
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| Vanilla immersed in white rum after a few weeks, the rum is taking the nice dark vanilla color already |
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| Of rum and vanilla I just made my own vanilla extract, perfect for baking and cooking |
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