Vanilla Beans
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I needed a photo of vanilla beans for a client's Web site, so I pulled out my precious jar of beans. They aren't very easy to photograph.
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Have you ever read this book?
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p_pt/104-380...
It is on my list...
Posted 27 months ago.
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Ohhh, that looks really interesting. Thanks
for the recommendation!
Posted 27 months ago.
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very nice dof and color contrast
Posted 27 months ago.
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Lovely colors. Hey I just got some vanilla
beans & want some ideas of how to use
them. Suggestions, links?
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Thank you!
I use them mainly for sweets. To add it to
a recipe, slice a bean in half lengthwise.
Then run your knife down the inside of the
bean, scraping out the pulp. Add the pulp and
the scraped bean to the liquid in your recipe
and let it steep for about 15 minutes to
bring out the flavor.
After steeping, leave in the pulp, but you
can take the scraped bean part out, rinse it,
dry it, and put it into your sugar bowl. Left
to blend together for a while, you get a
heavenly smelling vanilla sugar.
I recently made a black bean and sausage
chili that had vanilla bean in it. That was
incredible. The vanilla added so much depth
to the flavor. The recipe is in the Jan/Feb
2006 issue of Cooking Light magazine.
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Wow, I never would have thought to put them
in chili! Thanks for the ideas.
Right now I have a bunch of them steeping
in everclear to make my own extract. Once
they've soaked for about a month, I'll strain
them out & warm in some jojoba oil to
make an infusion (apparently the alcohol
works as a solvent to release the scent, and
the heat causes the alcohol to evaporate off
so it won't dry your skin out) Hope it
works...
That fresh vanilla scent just can't be beat
:)
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Good luck with the infused oil. If it doesn't
work, check out www.sunrosearomatics.com . They have a vanilla-infused oil that's to
die for, and it's not very expensive at all.
It's a great substitute for the very pricey
vanilla absolute.
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