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| The hardest part is waiting 8 weeks, although with minimal effort you'll reap rewards many times over, as the flavors of these two extracts can't be beat... |
Yields: 8 oz. vanilla extract
+ 8 oz. vanilla bourbon
extract
Prep: 15 Mins.
--2 (8 oz.) canning jars with lids and rings
INGREDIENTS
***Vanilla Extract
3 medium organic vanilla beans
1 cup quality vodka
***Vanilla Bourbon Extract
3 medium organic vanilla bourbon beans
1 cup quality bourbon
METHOD
Place your jars, lids, and rings in a medium saucepan, and
cover with water. Bring to boil for 10
minutes to sterilize. Remove jars,
rings, and lids with tongs, and place on a clean kitchen towel to cool and air
dry.
Meanwhile, cut the beans in half crosswise, and then
lengthwise to expose seeds. Tuck the beans inside the respective jars and fill
with one with vodka, and the other bourbon. Place lids and rings on jars and
close tightly, shake them a few times, label, and place it in a cool, dark
cabinet.
Let them rest for 8 weeks, while occasionally shaking a
couple times per week, which will become darker over time. After 8 weeks you can start using your homemade
extracts in recipes for custards, pies, tarts, breads, desserts, crepes, sauces, breakfast dishes, smoothies, and so on. If you would like some of the seeds in your recipe, just shake the jar beforehand. – Enjoy!
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Tips: Use as much as
you need, and when you have only 20% of the extract remaining you should
replenish them respectively with more vodka/bourbon, and shake again. In addition,
when you're using a fresh vanilla/bourbon bean in a recipe, add the empty pod
to the respective jar of homemade extract. If you continue to feed them in this
manner, the extracts will keep forever; simply remove some of the older beans
if the jars become too crowded.
Empty vanilla or vanilla bourbon pods can be placed in
sugar jars, or tea tins to flavor them as well.
4 comments:
thrilled to my fingertips with this easy peasy way to flavor delights.
thank you.
Thank you 'the wild magnolia' it's a great way to enhance your recipes without all the sugar added to store-bought extracts! I hope you love the end result ;)
Nice to know this recipe! Thank you, Sandra-)
You are very welcome, Yelena ~ I use it so often that it no longer made sense to purchase vanilla extract any longer when it's so easy to make ;)
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