| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/12/2008 6:50:53 PM | I read that vanilla threads may be put in champagne flutes for added flavor.
Okay, I bought the madagascar vanilla beans and I don't know how to turn them into threads. I tried pulling them apart. I tried shaving it. No luck.
What's the secret to vanilla threads? Is it like fresh ginger that you use a spoon to scrape it under running water?
Help--I'm having a Valentine's Party on Saturday and need to know soon!
The theme, of course, is aphrodisiacs--vanilla, basil pesto, asparagus, seafood...
and dark chocolate! | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/12/2008 6:56:21 PM | i can't imagine what that means. you could open the pods, scrape out the seeds and distribute them throughout the flutes. then store the empty pods in your sugar bowl to make vanilla sugar.
i use vanilla beans frequently, but i've never heard of a vanilla 'thread.' | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/12/2008 8:29:13 PM | I have never heard of Vanilla Threads.
the scrapings from the pod might look like threads if they were really dry I guess.
here is a link for some drinks...but not for champagne.
http://www.singingdogvanilla.com/recbev.html | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/12/2008 11:41:41 PM | | Vanilla beans are pretty expensive and not that 'pretty' maybe save the cash for a better bottle of bubbly ;-) | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/13/2008 12:25:47 AM | Warm Wit,
Where did you read about them? Googled and Live Searched them and could only find reference to a Vanilla Sauce and other ways vanilla could be used, but the term "threads" pulls up all kinds of clothing, fragrances, lotions, etc. | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/13/2008 1:11:53 AM | | i think he could mean the old fashioned winter candy that is properly known as candy pulls or spun sugar which yo ucan use vanilla as the primary flavoring | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/13/2008 1:33:09 AM |
I read that vanilla threads may be put in champagne flutes for added flavor.
Okay, I bought the madagascar vanilla beans and I don't know how to turn them into threads. I tried pulling them apart. I tried shaving it. No luck.
What's the secret to vanilla threads?
Probably be best to go back to where you read it. Maybe it wasn't meant so literally or maybe there is a trick to it as there are many in the bartending trade. I know a few but never heard of this one. Sounds like some trendy Martha Stewart kind of thing...
I googled it and still no luck.
Short of taking a sharp paring knife to cut a sliver of pod off the only other thing I could imagine is making a thread from sugar syrup.
It'd go something like this... white sugar, and a bit of water in a pan, add the vanilla beans and the pod in there, let it cook until you cook it to a soft or hard crack stage. Just pulling the spoon out and the liquid syrup mixture falling back down will cool as it falls and form a thread. Things like this keep best on buttered wax paper or buttered glass bakeware.
A touch of red food coloring for valentines day, perhaps?
What I'd do: go to your local specialty store and get a heart shaped sucker mold and make the threads and pour some in the molds at the same time. One way or another it'll be unique, cute, and interesting. The flexible rubber or silicone molds are best. They're often used in making the homemade cream cheese/sugar/mint which are very popular here for.
Another good trick for thread making is to invert a glass or steel bowl upside down and take the wooden spoon and drizzle a bit over it from one side to another. You might not want yours touching so make them parallel but this is common for crossing the threads and making a whole new bowl that are often used in very fancy desserts.
Note : googling sugar bowls for images only results in football logos 
Do all these from the same batch. Don't be afraid to be creative, write your name in cursive sugar! Do your guests names! (or favorite football logo  )
Just make sure you get into the soft or hard crack stage first then shut off the heat. YOU CAN oops either use a candy thermometer but I prefer the old drop a spoonful into a small teacup of cold water method. | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/13/2008 7:17:26 AM | | I thought, I was versed on cooking, but never heard of vanilla threads. Is vanilla threads a term/method for something else? You've got me on this one ( scratching my head ). | |
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| Vanilla Threads?
Posted: 2/14/2008 3:31:26 PM | Thank you for all the musings on vanilla threads--I especially liked the idea of writing the names in candy syrup. I'm pressed for time and will probably simplify and allow
people to put some vanilla pieces in the champagne. Cheers! | |
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