How to Use Vanilla Beans

Vanilla planifolia is a climbing orchid vine; each short-lived, pale yellow-green flower must be hand-pollinated to set a single seed pod.

Grown in Madagascar, the world's leading source of "Bourbon vanilla," alongside other Indian Ocean islands such as Réunion and the Comoros.

Here is how to cook with Vanilla Beans, with a simple infusion option too. One ingredient. Nothing added.

How to Use Vanilla Beans

Ways to use Vanilla Beans in the kitchen:

• Baking: Cakes & Cookies
• Custards: & Puddings
• Extract: Vodka Or Rum
• Infusing Milk & Cream: Ice Cream

Tips

• Storage: Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, tightly sealed after opening.
• In the kitchen: The split pod's seeds can be scraped out for direct use, or the whole pod infused into liquids or spirits like vodka or rum.

Tasting Notes

Real Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Brings Deep, Rounded Flavour No Extract Can Match

• Taste: Sweet, Rich And Creamy
• Aroma: Warm, Floral And Deep
• Body: Smooth And Full-Bodied
• Notes: Dried Fruit And Cream
• Seeds: Thousands Of Tiny Specks
• Finish: Long And Lingering