How do you make vanilla from vanilla beans? What it the liquid used and the ratio?
If you’re using vanilla pods, the best way to use it is to split the pod in half, and using a knife, scrape out the beans, and add to your recipe. It’s best used in a recipe using liquid, as gently heating the liquid with the vanilla will bring out its flavour properly. If you want to make vanilla extract yourself though, it’s probably a bit expensive, as the proportion of vanilla pods to alcohol is huge! You’d be best buying a really high-quality vanilla extract, like Nielssen-Massey. Plus, they know how to best cure the vanilla pods to get the most flavour in their extract. It’s a bit of a specialist art.
