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Yield: 1 cup per batch
Made from vanilla beans and raw sugar, vanilla bean paste is easy to make and use in your favourite recipes! One teaspoon equals one vanilla bean.
Ingredients:
1 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup water
6 vanilla beans
Method:
- Heat sugar and water together in a pan over medium heat, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.
- Blend ingredients until smooth.
- Pour into jars, seal and label then refrigerate.
TIPS:
- Use any sugar you like – just ensure the sugar dissolves completely into the syrup;
- Vanilla beans too dry? Add them to the hot syrup and refrigerate overnight, then blend the next day;
- You can split the beans, scrape the seeds into the syrup and save the empty pods to put into vodka (for vanilla extract) or into a jar of sugar (for vanilla sugar).