Feeling somewhat guilty about using Vanilla Extract instead of Vanilla Bean for the caramels, I headed out to my local organic store and picked some up -
More expensive than they've been in the past but so it goes. Split 'em open -
scrape out the vanilla seeds -
and into the cream/butter mixture they go -
Everything else is the same, but here's today finished caramel block, cooling -
I'll cut 'em and wrap 'em in an hour or two. I don't have any of the first batch still available for a taste comparison, but despite my earlier statement about not noticing a difference, I'm quite sure there will be a difference in flavor.
Regards,
-Dom
More expensive than they've been in the past but so it goes. Split 'em open -
scrape out the vanilla seeds -
and into the cream/butter mixture they go -
Everything else is the same, but here's today finished caramel block, cooling -
I'll cut 'em and wrap 'em in an hour or two. I don't have any of the first batch still available for a taste comparison, but despite my earlier statement about not noticing a difference, I'm quite sure there will be a difference in flavor.
Regards,
-Dom
