Vanilla

Vanilla is a flavoring derived from vanilla orchids. The pods of the orchid are harvested when still immature and odourless and then left in humid and hot conditions for seven to ten days before being dried out. Once the vanilla pods have dried the vanilla can then be cured to leave vanilla powder or Vanilla extract.

Vanilla pods can be bought in delicatessens or upmarket food stores and while expensive are the best way to add vanilla flavouring to dishes. Split the stem and use a sharp knife to extract the sticky black syrup in the pods. A split pod can also be added to granulated sugar to create vanilla sugar, which is used in many baking recipes.

Vanilla orchids originally originated from Mexico although production is now most intense in Madagascar and Indonesia.

Vanilla is used as a flavoring for a wide range of foods but its most common use is in ice cream, where it has become the most common flavor served worldwide.

Vanilla is also used in perfumes and aromatherapy oils.

Relevant Recipes for Vanilla

Recipe Names

1. 14-Carat Cake With Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
2. Almond Meringue Cake With Strawberry And Vanilla Ice Cream
3. Amazing Orange-Vanilla Cake Roll
4. Arugula And Goat Cheese Salad With Vanilla Bean Oil
5. Baked Vanilla Cheesecake
6. Balsamic Glazed Grilled Plums With Vanilla Ice Cream
7. Banana And Vanilla Pancakes
8. Banana Vanilla Wafer Pie
9. Bavarian Vanilla Cream
10. Ben And Jerry's French Vanilla Ice Cream
11. Biscota Vanilias Me Amigdala (Vanilla/Almond Cookies)
12. Blood Orange Salad With Vanilla Vinaigrette, Fried Shallots And Frisee
13. Blueberry Soup With Vanilla Custard Cream
14. Bourbon-Chocolate Pecan Pie With Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
15. Broiled Bananas On Vanilla Ice Cream
16. Broiled Grapefruit With Vanilla-Ginger Sauce
17. Broiled Mixed Berries With Vanilla Custard Sauce
18. Carrot Puree With Vanilla
19. Champagne Vanilla Sauce
20. Cherries Jubilee (Hot Brandied Over Vanilla Ice Cream)
21. Cherry Vanilla Blintzes
22. Cherry Vanilla Blintzes With Nectarines And Cherries
23. Chestnut Crepes With Vanilla Sugar
24. Chocolate And Vanilla Chip Biscotti
25. Chocolate Sandwich Cookies With Vanilla Cream Filling
26. Chocolate, Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake With Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
27. Chocolate, Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake With Vanilla Ice Crea
28. Coconut-Rice Pudding With Vanilla-Poached Pineapple Sauce
29. Cold Lobster And Vanilla Bean Salad Over Fresh Maiche With Toasted Croutons
30. Cornish Game Hens With Vanilla Date Pure And Fuji Apples
31. Crab And Sweet Potato Hash With Vanilla Sabayon
32. Crab Claws In A Champagne Vanilla Sauce
33. Crabmeat Gratin With Vanilla Bean Sabayon
34. Cranberry-Vanilla Muffins
35. Cup Cakes With Vanilla And Chocolate Icings
36. Death By Vanilla Pudding
37. Emeril's Warm Peach Pancakes With Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
38. Flaming Mango Sauce Over Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
39. French Vanilla Base For Ice Cream
40. French Vanilla Ice Cream, Sauteed Bananas, Phyllo Triangles
41. Fresh Fruit With Vanilla Sauce
42. General Foods International Coffees' French Vanilla Cafe
43. Glazed Carrots With Vanilla And Brown Sugar
44. Grilled Bananas w Vanilla Ice Cream & Hot Chocolate Sauce
45. Grilled Bananas W/ Vanilla Ice Cream & Hot Chocolate Sauce
46. Grilled Pineapple With Vanilla Butter
47. Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
48. Honey Vanilla Cheesecake
49. Honey Vanilla Ice Cream
50. Honey Vanilla Ice Cream

Recipe Ingredients

1. "14-Carat" Fig Cake - Low-fat
2. "One Minute" Cake Tried and True (8 PTS)
3. "Soup Of Fruits" w Chardonnay Sabayon & Coconut Shortbreads
4. "The Ultimate Sin" Chocolate Cake
5. 'Better Than Sex' Cake
6. 'Cake' Ice-Cream Cones
7. 'Gimme Both' Pumpkin-Pecan Pie W/Bourbon Whipped Cream
8. 'Peanutters'
9. 1,2,3,4 Cake
10. 10 Minute Fruit Tart
11. 14-Carat Cake With Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
12. 22-Minute Chocolate Cake
13. 3-Step Cheesecake Recipe
14. 4th grade Apple Yum (4 PTS)
15. 5 Minute Pro-Quick-Erols (A Knock-Off Profiterol)
16. 6 Layer Toffee Torte
17. 7-Grain Oatmeal Cake
18. A Chocolate Cake That's Got It All
19. A Fresh Cranberry And Semisweet Chocolate Trifle
20. A Surprise-Inside French Toast
21. A Variation On The Theme Of Pashka
22. Abigail Van Buren's Pecan Pie
23. Acapulco Chocolate Chip Cookies
24. Acme Hot Fudge Sundaes
25. Acorn Pie
26. Adobe Pie
27. Aelplermagronen (The Alpine Farmer's Macaroni W. Applesauce
28. After Midnight Chocolate Glaze
29. Afternoon Tea Cakes
30. Agnes's Mocha Velvet Pie
31. Al's Chocolate To The Max.
32. Al's New York Corn Muffins
33. Aladdin's Pizza
34. Alain Senderen's Salade De Fruit Exotique
35. Albertina's Brown Sugar Muffins
36. All About Shortcakes
37. All-American Apple Pie
38. All-American Chocolate Cake
39. All-Day Applesauce With Frozen Yogurt
40. Almond And Grain Tart - {Pastiera Di Mandorle}
41. Almond Butter Cookies
42. Almond Cheesecake
43. Almond Cookie Shells For Ice Cream
44. Almond Cookies
45. Almond Cream
46. Almond Cream Fruit Tartelettes
47. Almond Custards With Almond Milk - {Biancomangiare}
48. Almond Eggnog French Toast
49. Almond French Toast
50. Almond Madeleines