Claire Saffitz Makes Homemade Vanilla Extract | Dessert Person

Claire Saffitz Makes Homemade Vanilla Extract | Dessert Person.
With a flavor and aroma like nothing else, vanilla is the one ingredient Claire can’t live without. It’s a tropical product that requires intense labor to harvest and ferment, making it both precious and pricey. In this episode, Claire shows you how to make the most of whole beans, from extracting the seeds to making your own vanilla extract. It’s a simple process but will ensure that no part of the splurge-worthy ingredients goes to waste.

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Special Equipment:
Mason Jar
Pairing Knife

Ingredients:
Fresh Vanilla Bean
80 Proof Alcohol
Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Sugar:
Sugar
Vanilla Bean

Video Breakdown:
0:00​​​​ Start
0:16​​ Intro to Vanilla Extract
0:34​ Dessert Person Intro Animation
0:53​​ About Vanilla Beans / Extract
2:07 Ingredients & Special Equipment
2:45​ How To Make Homemade Vanilla Sugar
4:39​ How To Scrape A Vanilla Bean
7:48 How To Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
11:40 Outro
12:35 Guess Which Cat Appears.

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Photographer: Alex Lau
Food Stylist: Sue Li
Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka

Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino
Editor: Kyu Nakama

Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley

[CSaffitz]

Try adding Homemade Vanilla Extract to your kitchen! Thanks for all the comments suggesting this video. What else would y'all like to see?

[tati.l.]

Vincent Cross - Director, Producer, Designated Tall Person.

[calvinemerson]

my mom has inherited a vanilla extract from my grandma that was a mixture a bourbon and vodka and vanilla beans and husks that's been going for 60 years with no extract added. needless to say... incredible.

[tati.l.]

Ok, it's official - Claire reading the ingredients is NEVER gonna get old.

[Fabdanc]

Interesting facts about vanilla:
-They are orchids;
-Vanilla orchids are part terrestrial and part epiphytic;
-The plant is native to Mexico and Mexico is the birthplace of all vanilla and produces arguably the highest quality vanilla;
-Vanilla typically only blooms for one day;
-In areas where natural pollinators do not exist, the flowers are hand pollinated (it is pollinated in the wild by a native bee - NOT European honeybees);
-It takes roughly 7 to 9 months for a vanilla pod to mature and ripen after it is pollinated;
-Vanilla production does not require deforestation in the same way coffee plantations do; however, deforestation may occur from cheaper plantation operations.

[clawrence]

Back in the day in Nova Scotia, little old ladies who drank vanilla extract to hide their drinking problem were said to have "Cookie Breath"

[cynonowo]

i would like to thank claire for the weekly serotonin and for making me think i'm capable of baking stuff without burning down the entire house

[CCLIE]

“I’m not an intense DIY-er.” An entire series of Gourmet Makes begs to differ.

[rylynnladouceur]

That animation will always be the cutest thing ever

[sophiawoodward]

I was so excited to see this! I actually studied vanilla in Madagascar and got to work with vanilla farmers. An amazing and fascinating ingredient.

[tati.l.]

With how much those pods cost you best believe I'll be scraping those things until my hand is cramping.

[airihan]

When the Pandemic's over I wanna see both Claire and Sohla visit a Vanilla farm like they said in that one episode of It's Alive!!!

[yeetusfetus]

Hi Claire!! Can I humbly request for closed captioning? On behalf of me and everyone with an audio processing disorder 🤠

[robertneubauer]

I love that Claire is so passionate about vanilla! I've never understood why one of the most layered, nuanced, exotic flavors available is so often dismissed as "boring". This was I think exactly the motivation I needed to start my own extract finally.

[Kat-ozzy]

My mom is growing vanilla in Hawaii. She’s adorably obsessed with it and is now working on a cacao plantation because she wants to grow the vanilla orchids on the cacao trees. 😭🥰 We’re still working out the curing process, it’s very labor intensive.

[edithputhie]

This channel is one of the best ideas Claire has ever had. I love all the Claire content.

[lilianal]

Vinny’s voice reveal is the best thing of 2021 yet

[audgeb]

OF COURSE Claire's sister did a PhD in Tanzania. Very on the Saffitz brand

[madiarchibald]

As soon as I heard the word IT’S ALIVE WITH CLAIRE SAFFITZ

[tjstuinei]

🇹🇴 I love that she mentions the Heilala brand and highlights Tonga, the land of my ancestors.