Saturday, November 27, 2010

Want to Buy $mall amount of Vanilla Bean$

The distinctiveness of one's cooking is always based on the quality of  the ingredients the cook used. The high quality or low quality of the ingredients will always emerge at the end result of cooking, automatically categorized the dish on its own. The same would be applied to vanilla extract.
   Recently, I'm keening to talk about vanilla beans & vanilla extract because around where I live, it's very hard and expensive to get pure vanilla extract. Moreover it is extracted with alcohol! Not only restricted by religion, I'm sure each and every mother out there would not want to add liquor in cakes n cupcakes and give it their children. How can it be a kid's menu, when its content is for the adult?
   The decision is up to you, but if you want a healthier & economical extract that is really safe for you & your family. Do choose your own homemade. And if you want to buy the vanilla beans in small packet of 10 beans, look no further, I am here. Besides, it is much more satisfying than buying in small quantity with big amount of money.

Contact me: pidahpopcakes@gmail.com

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Vanilla Extract

As I have entered into the world of baking, I'm always mesmerized with all the tools and ingredients found in the bakery supply store. Eager in exploring myself using the ingredients, i found myself becoming aware of the use of this one product, the imported vanilla essence in the store. It doesn't have a halal certification from it's origin. The one that's certified halal, is only a small tiny bottle sold in supermarket. and I have to buy that in large quantity which that large quantity is the imported not certified ones.
I did my own small research of searching the recipe in making own pure vanilla extract, (there are a lot of recipes and almost all using vodka which is alcohol which is also Haram for Me and fellow muslims), finally i came across this website that shares recipes among members and Alhamdulillah, I found the extract recipe with no alcohol. Now i can make vanilla extract in large quantities without worrying the ingredients in it. Yahoo!... Let me share you the extract recipe


Ingredients:
Serves: 16,
Yield: 16 oz.

Directions:

Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 days
  1. Slit beans down the middle, and scrape down seeds.
  2. Place both in glycerin and warm water.
  3. Place in a dark jar (or a light jar in a dark place)
  4. Let sit for a month or so.
  5. Shake often.
  6. Strain. (optional).
                        
The recipe is taken from Here: http://www.food.com/recipe/non-alcoholic-vanilla-extract-346443

    If you want to make your own vanilla extract, and looking for a supplier that supplies the bean? No worries, you can buy it from me. There's no minimum purchase. Just contact me at my email: pidahpopcakes@gmail.com , and I will you the details.

Salam Vanilla!