A rice pudding ingredient called for 'a sachet of
vanilla sugar'. Not something available
at the supermarket I usually go to. And
when I checked how to make it almost all the recipes needed at least a
week! And I didn't have a week.
So I made some fast Vanilla Sugar – and it worked!
I got a vanilla bean and split it in half and scraped the seeds out and
then chopped the outside into chunks. I
got 1/3 cup or so of sugar and then just put the seeds and other bits of the
vanilla bean into it together in a small jar and shook it. Half an hour later the sugar did taste of
vanilla – all you had to do was sieve out the big pieces of vanilla before
using the sugar. And of course the
remaining vanilla sugar that I didn't use for the recipe will just keep right
on improving.
I used to keep a vanilla bean in all my sugar canisters. I need to go to the health food store and buy a few. They have become very expensive, though!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip! Thanks for sharing!
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