Vanilla pods today are expensive, The Comptoir de Toamasina gives you a solution to not waste it.
When you take the seeds out of the pods , do not discard the cored pods, there are many tips for reusing them. So why not make vanilla sugar or homemade vanilla extract ?
Make homemade vanilla sugar
You want to make a vanilla sugar, you just have to put your vanilla beans exhausted in your sugar.
Flavor a liquid preparation
You want to perfume a milk-based drink, a dessert with vanilla. Nothing's easier.
Use your vanilla pod without the seeds, letting it steep in milk, hot chocolate, your tea, syrup, jam, stewed cocktail, infusion, Rooibos etc .....
Make homemade vanilla extract
Put the equivalent of 6 vanilla pods with 20cl of strong alcohol in a bottle, ideally white rum, or otherwise vodka with a more neutral flavor, for at least 3 months ideally 6 months, stirring about 1 time weekly at the beginning.
You want to discover our recipe check out => Recipe for homemade vanilla extract
How to make vanilla powder
Simply dry your empty vanilla pods and let them air-dry for a few hours.
Once dry you will mix them to obtain a fine vanilla powder that you will use in your recipes.
Do not hesitate to read our article, what to replace vanilla .
Make vanilla salt
Put 2 vanilla pods, well dried in your blender and mix, the vanilla powder must be fine.
Add 125 g of salt to the mixer bowl and mix in small pulses.
Make vanilla rum the real recipe
Vanilla pod is one of the basic ingredients for homemade rum, but you can also make cocktails or punch, vodka, etc.
It will simply infuse the vanilla pod of Madagascar in your drink with alcohol.
Make flavored oil with vanilla bean
Put your scraped pods to infuse for 1 month in olive oil or another oil of your choice to give it a subtle and irresistible scent of Madagascar vanilla.
Make flavored coffee
We know the cinnamon coffee, but I give you the recipe for vanilla coffee.
The recipe is super simple, you will simply leave your vanilla pod in an airtight jar for 3 weeks stirring 2 times a week.