Before Colin came to visit me during CNY, he asked me to suggest a gift that he could bring for me, so I quickly suggested good vanilla beans from US as I have been thinking to make my own vanilla extract.
When I first see Ju ~The Little Teochew~ making her own vanilla extract, I immediate bookmarked. I followed exactly to her recipe and steps. Thanks so much to Ju !
First get a good vanilla beans, Thanks Colin!
Before I getting a bottle of vodka (we don't drink this at home), I throw the beans into a caster sugar jar to make Vanilla sugar for future baking purposes.
Once I got a bottle of vodka (with higher alcohol content of 35% which could produce strongest extract). Since i need only 1 bean for making Vanilla chiffon cake (will share recipe later) , I use a small clean glass bottle which could store 50ml vodka. First I split one vanilla bean lengthwise and scraped the seeds for making chiffon, and put the empty bean into a small glass bottle. Store in a cool, dark place and give it a little shake every few days.
This sunset effect happened just about an hour later, this is beautiful right?
I'm so happy now, because I will have never-ending supply of homemade vanilla extract !! Happy Baking !!
33 comments:
great idea! And I bet the fragrance is much better :)
Cool...
Sonia, you really make full use of the vanilla bean ^_^
I have my own jar of homemade vanilla extract and it's super nice smelling! glad you have started your own too :D
Wah, so nice, Sonia! You can have your own vanilla extract, will be very fragrant I think :)
It's always good to have homemade vanilla. Ever since i started making my own, there was no looking bk. But you know, even my several trips back to California, I never buy the vanilla pods from Nielsen-Massey, I find it too expensive, heehee! I would invest more in a better alcohol. Btw, try using rum next time Sonia, it is way way better then vodka, trust me. Enjoy!
so great!!homemade wan...do you sell it or not? ha
Great tip...
my friends in malaysia told me that vanilla beans are so much cheaper than here in the US, like 4 beans for RM10.00
I am so into home-made vanilla extract that I have one full vodka bottle of it with 20 beans. Crazy, isn't it? Next I'm going to use rum!
Sonia, you know what? I've got my vodka and vanilla beans before Ju's posting. And then, they are still sitting comfortably on my table top, untouched!
I put the whole bean into my sugar jar to make vanilla sugar but I find it such a waste as the beans are still intact, not fully utilised.
You've just given me a push to work faster on this.
I made my own vanilla extract too and used organic beans and was lucky to find some organic vodka. I gave it as Christmas gifts. You have to plan ahead for it. I think next time I'll try using rum. Now I just add vanilla beans and vodka to a bottle that I have for my use, so I don't have to wait like last time.
So funny I just notice busygran's comment!
thanks for sharing this, this comes in very appropriate as i have a few vanilla beans at home now,novodka but since honey bee sweets can be soaked in rum, maybe i'll try rum.
Thanks for this tip, Sonia. Very useful!
Nice！ I am going to make my own vanilla extract once I receive my vanilla beans from my blogger friend. Can't wait!
Kristy
Nice!!! This is probably a better way of using extract that the fake store bought ones!
Wow..home made vanilla extract! Bet it is good...
i soaked the vanilla beans in rum.. very nice smell too..
I am yet to make my own! It does sound easy.
whoah..wish i can make that too! it's more natural than ready made ones..
I saw the same vanilla beans with the same package here in singapore..
but it's really expensive!
Sonia,
Next time, if I ever buy in bulk from the net, I ask u as well ok.
Last time, Swee San, PeiLin and I shared 250gm of beans. It's a lot leh!
Very happy to see that you are doing this. My vanilla extract is now really dark & syrupy. I should do an update!
I too made my own vanilla. I normally make a big bottle of it so I can stuff a lot of beans into the bottle. It gives a stronger flavor.
I made some vanilla extract with vodka last month, but not quite satisfied with the result. And I used 6 vanilla beans....maybe I should try with rum next time.
Looks like I'll have to jump into the bandwagon too. Think, I'll go for rum. Thanks so much for sharing!
Great idea, I will definitely give this a try
Nice!
I really should try making some myself!
I made vanilla extract with vodka like last year. I get mine from iheartvanilla.com, cheap but excellent quality.
This is intersting but what is asubstitute for alcohol if you are ateetotaller???
Colour of vanilla nad vodka fusion looks amazing one beautiful click.
Didn't know you can use vanilla bean this way, glad that you can put it into good use!
thanks for sharing this! but where can I find vanilla pods in Malaysia!? actually I am student here and don't know about cooking and baking suppliers in Malaysia. I hope you can help me :)
hi amantino, try www.greenvanillastore.com for vanilla beans...bought some plump gourmet vanilla beans last month there and I think they were better than the store-bought ones
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