I'm sorry I think you're mistaken by a vast amount of time, it takes 12 months to extract vanilla and the sous vide only shortens that by about 3 months. Also it takes longer for colored alcohols. It isn't necessary to split the beans, it does require 1 oz of bean per 8 oz of alcohol. Also heating alcohol is dangerous as it can explode depending on how you're heating it.
The last ATK episode I saw with Jack he said that there was virtually no taste difference between real vanilla extract and the artificial stuff. I think I'd only use whole vanilla beans if I were making ice cream.
I'm confused by this video for 2 reasons: straight vanilla beans >>>>>> vanilla bean extract 90% of the time, and also vanilla beans are the reason why the extract is so expensive…so how is this a good or cost effective idea?
Some of those flavor compounds are unstable enough to break down on exposure to air (or so I hear) so submerging the beans in alcohol before you cut them will ensure these aren't lost
Just use imitation vanilla for baked goods. No one can tell a difference. No. No you can't. Its been proven. Expensive vanilla is a scam.
The only place real vanilla makes sense is in non baked things where it won't break down from heat. Like folding bean paste into your icecream base before freezing and churning. or making a vanilla infused sugar or cocktail.
So if heating isnt good, what ratio of beans to 1 pint of booze in a mason jar should I use? 1 year or 2 to fully extract? Will it be appreciably and noticeably superior? Thanks for any secrets you can divulge.
Im more interested to know a way to make extract without alcohol, as alcohol can dissipate with heat, which takes the vanilla flavoring compounds with it. Just my theory. Trader Joe actually has a alcohol-free vanilla extract.
This is terrible advice and will make ppl waste a lot of money. The quoted times are laughable and let me know you've never actually made vanilla before.
Even sous vide, it's 96 hours for a less complex product. And 145f is far too hot.
6-10 weeks for cold? Try 1-2 years. Unless you are macerating the beans.
I made a magnum of vanilla extract for probably $80; a $30 magnum (1.75L) and $50 for 1/2lb of vanilla beans. All the people saying that's $200 of vanilla need to research vanilla. There are different grades of beans and different countries of origin change the price too. When I make vanilla extract I get the lowest grade pods because their visual imperfections and a few broken beans don't matter, just their taste.
can you do the bath method with glycerin instead of using alcohol?
I'm sorry I think you're mistaken by a vast amount of time, it takes 12 months to extract vanilla and the sous vide only shortens that by about 3 months. Also it takes longer for colored alcohols. It isn't necessary to split the beans, it does require 1 oz of bean per 8 oz of alcohol. Also heating alcohol is dangerous as it can explode depending on how you're heating it.
Didnt you do your own vanilla testing with the result that in baked goods you dont notice the diffrence real vs artaficial?
Its been tested. If u bake with vanilla in the baked good artificial taste better in raw products like whipped cream vanilla extract is better
The last ATK episode I saw with Jack he said that there was virtually no taste difference between real vanilla extract and the artificial stuff. I think I'd only use whole vanilla beans if I were making ice cream.
The beans that he's using, probably cost 15 to $20 on Amazon. Everybody shut the f up
I'm confused by this video for 2 reasons: straight vanilla beans >>>>>> vanilla bean extract 90% of the time, and also vanilla beans are the reason why the extract is so expensive…so how is this a good or cost effective idea?
Which brand of vodka is better
I buy one pod at a time
Make you own homemade vanilla extract at only 40x the cost of professional vanilla extract and 160x the cost of lab vanillin.
Save on vanilla. Spend $$$ on a sous vide machaine
I wish it was called metric test kitchen because I didn't get any of those measurements
You take out the beans at the end, right?
ATK: You cannot tell the difference between imitation and real vanilla extract.
Also ATK: Make your own vanilla extract to save money.
Extracts from many times stronger than drinking alcohol I think even Everclear is weak compared to extracts
Some of those flavor compounds are unstable enough to break down on exposure to air (or so I hear) so submerging the beans in alcohol before you cut them will ensure these aren't lost
6-10 weeks is not nearly enough time. Do not listen to these people.
Just use imitation vanilla for baked goods. No one can tell a difference. No. No you can't. Its been proven. Expensive vanilla is a scam.
The only place real vanilla makes sense is in non baked things where it won't break down from heat. Like folding bean paste into your icecream base before freezing and churning. or making a vanilla infused sugar or cocktail.
look no offence man but I think you fucked your math up at some point because running a sous vide circulator is not free and neither is alcohol
So if heating isnt good, what ratio of beans to 1 pint of booze in a mason jar should I use? 1 year or 2 to fully extract? Will it be appreciably and noticeably superior? Thanks for any secrets you can divulge.
Not only are vanilla beans expensive but so is alcohol and who has a sous-vides circulater? Vanilla is once again reasonably cheap at Costco.
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Same temp for a higher proof alcohol like everclear?
ATK has already stated that there is NO perceived taste advantage over artificial vanilla
Im more interested to know a way to make extract without alcohol, as alcohol can dissipate with heat, which takes the vanilla flavoring compounds with it. Just my theory. Trader Joe actually has a alcohol-free vanilla extract.
Use Everclear. Not heating needed.
I bet you could pressure cook it.
I get what you're saying, but isn't saffron, ounce per ounce, by orders of magnitude more expensive than vanilla?
This is terrible advice and will make ppl waste a lot of money. The quoted times are laughable and let me know you've never actually made vanilla before.
Even sous vide, it's 96 hours for a less complex product. And 145f is far too hot.
6-10 weeks for cold? Try 1-2 years. Unless you are macerating the beans.
I made a magnum of vanilla extract for probably $80; a $30 magnum (1.75L) and $50 for 1/2lb of vanilla beans.
All the people saying that's $200 of vanilla need to research vanilla. There are different grades of beans and different countries of origin change the price too. When I make vanilla extract I get the lowest grade pods because their visual imperfections and a few broken beans don't matter, just their taste.
Where might one buy one of those circulators? I'm not finding anything like it.
16-18 hours of heating? Is that Power bill worth the vanilla?
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