Homemade Vanilla
The last time Lee and I ran out of vanilla extract, we decided to try making our own, rather than buy another bottle. The results were fantastic; the effort minimal. Here's how we did it.
Take one vanilla bean. Slice it open and scrape the seeds into a bottle (we used a 10-oz tonic bottle). Add the bean, too. Fill the bottle most of the way with a high-quality vodka (we used Tito's) and top off with a little dark rum (we used a 1 oz. sampler bottle of Mount Gay). The liquid will still be pretty clear, at that point.
The extract needs two months to work its magic. Every week, give the bottle a little shake; otherwise, just leave it be. At the end of two months, the liquid will be a beautiful amber-brown and you will have on your hands a bottle of very high quality vanilla.
Take one vanilla bean. Slice it open and scrape the seeds into a bottle (we used a 10-oz tonic bottle). Add the bean, too. Fill the bottle most of the way with a high-quality vodka (we used Tito's) and top off with a little dark rum (we used a 1 oz. sampler bottle of Mount Gay). The liquid will still be pretty clear, at that point.
The extract needs two months to work its magic. Every week, give the bottle a little shake; otherwise, just leave it be. At the end of two months, the liquid will be a beautiful amber-brown and you will have on your hands a bottle of very high quality vanilla.
Labels: vanilla baking
posted by Lee at 7:01 AM
3 Comments:
It seems like everyday I read about making something at home I pretty much thought had to be bought at the store! thanks for this! how fun!
I'm going to give this a try, as the quality of the vanilla extract I'm using right now isn't to my liking. I bought a quarter kilo of vanilla beans last year, and I've been saving all the scraped pods for projects just such as these!
Does the bottle need to be tinted?? Thanks for this I've just been given a bunch of vanilla pods and by the time I've finished my just brought (very expensive) bottle of vanilla extract my own should be ready!!!
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