INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

"Plain vanilla" is something of a contradiction. Real vanilla is one
of the most complex flavors in the world, with more than 250  different
flavor components. "Pure Bourbon vanilla" refers to vanilla  beans
grown and cured on the Bourbon Islands in the Indian Ocean. The
islands -- Madagascar, Comoro, and Reunion -- are known for producing
some of the world's most flavorful vanilla.  Vanilla beans are actually
the pod of a variety of orchid that's  native to Mexico. To bring out
the flavor we know and love,  just-picked ripe Bourbon vanilla beans
are dipped into near-boiling  water and then laid out on wool blankets
in the equatorial sun to  bake until they're too hot to touch. At
night, the beans are wrapped  in the blankets and moved indoors to
sweat all night. This process  goes on for weeks until the beans turn
black and aromatic; then  they're ready to use. Posted to
recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 417  by RecipeLu
<recipelu@geocities.com> on Dec 30, 1997

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