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Vanilla extract with pure alcohol
I can see two possibilities.
One is that vodka and the like are highly available. You can buy them in almost any country, and in most places just in a supermarket. They're even fairly likely to be ...
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Substitute actual vodka for storebought vanilla extract
No, vodka is nothing like vanilla extract.
Unfortunately the premise of your question is wrong. The thing that makes "true" vanilla extract true/pure/real is that it's made from real vanilla beans, ...
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How to add bourbon flavor?
What we think of as "bourbon flavor" is due to a combination of things.
Bourbon is aged in a new oak barrel that has been charred on the inside. The important thing is not so much the layer ...
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How to add bourbon flavor?
Heating to remove alcohol isn't as effective as you might think, and igniting the vapour is of no benefit. Once it's evaporated it's gone from the liquid anyway, and imagine trying to get a flame from ...
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Can I use a flavored liqueur to make vanilla extract?
One of the first things you'll need to consider is that the creme de cacao is already chocolate-flavored. Vodka is very clean and neutrally flavored, so if you use it to make an extract you'll get a ...
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How to change a chocolate cake recipe to a vanilla cake
My honest answer is you don't without a lot of experimentation. 1.5 cups of cocoa powder is a significant portion of the recipe, taking it out will throw out every other measurement and there is no ...
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Other than US FDA definition, are there other standards for vanilla extracts?
There's not really a European equivalent for the FDA's definition of extract (by ethanol percentage). Instead, the EU specifies what constitutes natural vs 'vanilla flavouring' (euphemism for '...
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How to remove alcohol taste from vanilla extract?
If you have not tried mixing it into drinks yet then I'd encourage you give it a shot. Although the alcohol smell is strong in the bottle the vanilla flavor is much more concentrated, once you dilute ...
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Why add vanilla extract after removal from the heat, and what about fake vanilla extract?
I have a bottle of imitation vanilla extract that's water based. I know from experience that adding it to a hot liquid results in a strong imitation vanilla scent being released into the air, which ...
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Vanilla extract vs. Vanilla powder
My best experience is that you should use 1/4 teaspoon of the vanillin powder for each teaspoon of vanilla extract.
I use it for bread dough, donut dough, but never for icing.
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What is the functional difference between imitation vanilla and true vanilla extract?
As mentioned in a previous response, Cooks Illustrated did a test some years ago (2003, I think), where they concluded that the preferred vanilla in a taste test was some cheap artificial vanilla from ...
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Vanilla beans vs extract
Slice the pod in half, long ways, carefully. Run your knife blade down the length,scraping the tiny seeds (very tiny) from the inside of the pod. What you collect will be sticky and not look like ...
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Substitute actual vodka for storebought vanilla extract
I think the idea of the vodka is that it is an almost tasteless alcohol solution which is good for two reasons. In the quantities added it would likely evaporate or remain in very small amounts and ...
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Vanilla Extract with and without alcohol
According to the FDA vanilla extract must contain a minimum of 35 percent alcohol ("TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS"). That's roughly on par with vodka.
There's no such thing as flavorless alcohol. Ethanol ...
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Substitute actual vodka for storebought vanilla extract
Your assumption is totally wrong. Putting several vanilla beans in vodka and soaking makes excellent vanilla extract ( the remainder my 1.75L is a couple years old). When I use it the alcohol ...
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How to remove alcohol taste from vanilla extract?
Real vanilla extract is made by dissolving the important compounds in alcohol. Thus alcohol is inherent to the extract. In fact in the US a minimum alcohol content is required (presumably for ...
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How to use vanilla beans?
Vanilla extract is essentially vanilla infused into alcohol. If you don't have any problem with storebought vanilla extract, I doubt you'd have much problem with homemade vanilla infused into alcohol (...
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Can I add vanilla to pastry cream after its cooled?
If your pastry cream can handle being stirred (most do and as you will be including whipped cream anyway), you should be fine. Stirring will soften your pastry cream a bit, but not make it completely ...
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Why add vanilla extract after removal from the heat, and what about fake vanilla extract?
There are (more-or-less) three kinds of 'vanilla' you can buy today: real beans, 'natural' extract and 'synthetic' vanillin. (The synthetic version can be sold either as a liquid extract, or as a ...
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How can I prevent vanilla seeds from sinking in a crème brûlée?
If you modify the instructions so that you make a custard BEFORE pouring the liquid into the ramekins, this will help to suspend the vanilla seeds in the mixture so they do not just fall to the bottom....
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How to add bourbon flavor?
Your bourbon cask had a small amount of bourbon in the wood.
A similarly small amount of bourbon applied directly won't be enough alcohol to matter to your ferment.
You can take a bit more involved ...
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Is "vanilla extract" the same as "pure vanilla extract"?
Vanilla extract and pure vanilla extract mean the same thing. Artificially flavored vanilla extract is also used the same way, with the same measurements.
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I'm making cook n serve vanilla pudding can I add vanilla extract to it to make it taste more vanilla? it's for boston cream puffs.
Sure you can. However, there is a limit to how much vanilla flavor tastes good, and without more information there's no telling you when that limit would be reached; in fact, the existing vanilla ...
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How much sugar and vanilla extract should I use in 1/2 gallon of ice cream?
You're making what is (at least to Americans) called Philadelphia-style ice cream. The name makes it fairly easy to find the ratios. Checking three recipes:
http://www.culinate.com/books/collections/...
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vanilla sugar substitution
I have a packet of vanilla sugar (Dr. Oetker) brand. It contains 10 gr of vanilla sugar. The package says it's good for 500 g of flour (4 cups) or half liter of liquid. Hope that helps!
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What is the difference between "vanilla" and "Mexican vanilla"
Real Vanilla, Is picked then smoke dried. This gives each its own flavor depending on what wood smoked with. Mexico also smoke dries there Vanilla. I forget what wood is used there for this. To give ...
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How do I infuse cappuccino with real vanilla bean during brew?
There are 2 ways good ways to get the vanilla into your coffee:
In the sugar, presuming you use it. You can put a vanilla bean and sugar in a food processor and whiz it up, then spoon it in. It keeps ...
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Egg substitute for cookie-flavor syrup
You might consider going with pasteurized eggs (if you can find them whole) or a pasteurized egg product (a common US brand is "Egg Beaters").
Pasteurized eggs are eggs that have been ...
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Vanilla beans vs extract
In my experience, vanilla beans have more flavor than extract. The flavor of ice cream or pudding is better when made with a bean than with extract. I'm not sure why, but I imagine not all of the ...
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Can I use a flavored liqueur to make vanilla extract?
If you're trying to make vanilla extract, I wouldn't use a flavored alcohol... Even if it's feasibly possible in the lower-alcohol liquor (which I'm not certain of), you won't have the flavor you need....
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