When to add vanilla beans to a sauce?

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I would like to make a simple vanilla sauce for my cake. So far, my idea is to cook a sweet cream pudding (using a pudding mix from a bag), and then enrich it with ground vanilla beans. At what stage should I add the vanilla so that it releases the most flavour?

  1. When the milk is hot, but before adding the pudding powder mix?
  2. Once the pudding is prepared, but still hot?
  3. Once the pudding cools down?

In general, under which conditions do vanilla beans release most of their taste? When cooked, when put in a hot liquid, or when put in a cold environment?

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Best Answer

Slice bean in half. Use knife blade to scrape seeds out of bean. Scrape seeds from blade into milk as you are heating. Added bonus: toss scraped vanilla pods into a bowl of sugar to create vanilla sugar. Best flavor release of vanilla into a fat-based mixture is achieved during heating.



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How do you add vanilla beans to a recipe?

Tips for using vanilla beans For reference in recipes, 1 bean = 1 tsp of vanilla paste. Be sure to store homemade vanilla extract in a cool, dark place while the beans ferment. Shake once or twice a week.

Do you have to heat vanilla beans?

The most efficient way to get the flavor from the vanilla is to add it to something warm, which helps to disperse the seeds and the oils. If you are using vanilla bean in a pound cake or other recipe that does not call for you to cook the bean in a hot liquid, then just scrape out and use the seeds.

Do you have to soak vanilla beans?

You want the beans to soak in the alcohol for at least 2 months before using it. The flavor will only get better with time. Make up several batches of vanilla extract at once so you never have to wait for a batch to brew.

How do you use vanilla bean pods?

Here are five ways to repurpose leftover vanilla bean pods.
  • Vanilla Sugar & Salt. The most common use for spent beans is to dry them and bury them in a jar of sugar. ...
  • Pierced & Poached Fruit. Pods\u2014dried, or still fresh\u2014are great for poaching fruit. ...
  • Homemade Extract. ...
  • Flavored Coffee & Tea. ...
  • Bath Salts. ...
  • Vanilla Oil.



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    Answer 2

    Traditionally, for almost all of my recipes, the vanilla is added as soon as you remove the pot from the heat. You definitely want the heat to meld the vanilla flavor with the fats, but you don't want to cook it.

    I would highly recommend splitting the bean lengthwise and either adding them that way to allow milk access to the flavorful seeds, or simply add the seeds alone. I'd opt for the former, and fish out the husks after the sauce/pudding has cooled.

    Or, as you say, use ground vanilla bean as-is and you're all set.

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