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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