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Vanilla Sugar: Tasty Spice, Exciting Twist
Without a doubt, people very much recognize the flavor of vanilla. Since it was discovered in 1500s, it grabbed the attention of every gourmet chef due to its delicious taste and inviting aroma. Even if it is the second to saffron as the most expensive spice, people can shrug off this fact and still opt to go for vanilla's scrumptious flavor.
There are various forms to enjoy vanilla. Some of it is through whole vanilla beans, vanilla sugar, cookie vanilla, vanilla extract or through vanilla oleoresin. But now we will discuss the delicious, sweet form of vanilla sugar.
Vanilla sugar is just sugar with vanilla flavor yet it has become a must-have for gourmet chefs' and even ordinary people's kitchens. The reason for such is that fact that it is much delicious and aside from that, it is quite simple to create.
Looking back at the history of vanilla sugar, anyone can see that is even older than vanilla extract and very much in demand in countries in Europe. Vanilla sugar was once hard to have outside of Europe. But now even children of school age can create it now that the secret to making it is out.
A way of creating vanilla sugar is by putting a few beans at the bottom of a sugar-filled jar. The favorite choice of people is either the Madagascar or Indonesian variety of vanilla bean for this.
The other ways of creating vanilla sugar are by: recycling vanilla bean instead of fresh beans, using the seeds of the beans, or crushing the bean and combining the powder on the sugar.
As soon as this is done, tightly seal the cover of the jar and leave it for up to two weeks to let the vanilla flavor seep. To make sure that the flavor permeates, you can stir or shake the sugar every couple of days. You can then refill the sugar as needed or use a new bean if the fragrance is already weak.
Vanilla sugar is extremely versatile. It can be used in just about any recipe that calls for granulated sugar - cakes, cookies, pies, custards, meringue, you name it! Vanilla sugar can be added to coffee or tea; topped in oatmeal, fresh fruit, or hot chocolate; or sprinkled on ice cream and other pastries.
While vanilla is conventionally for the sweet toothed, there are a few surprisingly acidic dishes and even alcoholic beverages that benefit from its sweetness. The rim of daiquiris can be lined with this sugar, just as you would salt a margarita glass. You would not see that one coming now, would you?
The uses of vanilla and vanilla sugar are enumerable. Its discovery not only led to a wonderful flavor but to an indispensable ingredient that deserves a spot on your kitchen.
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