Group: How to Use A1 Vanilla Beans

You can follow our easy recipes and use them to make homemade vanilla syrup or vanilla sauce, or cut them up and stick them in sugar to make vanilla sugar.

We don’t.  But if you feel the need to wash yours before use, just rinse them quickly in running water and dry them with a clean paper towel.

It is very simple!  Just use the tip of a knife to cut the bean lengthwise, then scrape the caviar loose from the pod.  Watch this short video for a quick demo.

One 15cm vanilla bean equates to 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract, which means a 1/3 bean equates to around 3 teaspoons of extract.