All About That Bean: 5 Vanilla recipes we love

updated the 6 October 2015 à 22:52
Seared scallops with vanilla
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Incorporate the fragrant bean into these dishes and you’ll never think vanilla is vanilla again!

Think vanilla is boring? A quick trip to the freezer section of your supermarket will change your mind. The sheer number of choices in vanilla ice cream from every frozen manufacturer – vanilla bean, French vanilla, creamy vanilla – is enough to make your head spin.

But don’t let your vanilla consumption be limited to your Friday night ice cream tub – there are many other ways you can enjoy the delicious taste fragrant bean widely known as an aphrodisiac and highly regarded for its soothing and calming properties. Gourmand Asia shows us 5 different ways to incorporate vanilla into our cooking, be it for savoury dishes or sweet treats we’ve come to know and love.

You’ll never look at vanilla the same way again after this!

Karen George

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