Vanilla rum is made by infusing rum with vanilla extract or seeds. Vanilla beans are preferred over extract to avoid color changes. The beans are boiled in water and added to half a bottle of rum, then stored for six months to a year. Vanilla rum is used in cocktails and desserts.
Vanilla rum is an alcoholic drink made with an infusion of rum with vanilla extract or vanilla seeds. Many rum companies sell bottled variants of this rum and they can even be made in-house. Vanilla rum is used as a regular rum drink and also an ingredient for making cookies, cakes, ice cream, cocktails and various vanilla drinks.
In general, vanilla beans are preferred over vanilla extract for making vanilla rum. This is because vanilla extract can be quite potent and is often known to change the color of rum. If you don’t want such a color change, it might be better to use vanilla pods.
Vanilla beans can be purchased at specialty food stores or online grocery stores; Since harvesting vanilla is a rather intensive manual process, the price of good quality vanilla beans can be quite expensive. To use them in making vanilla rum, the beans are split in half and the black pulp inside is scooped out. The beans and pulp are then boiled in water for several hours until the water becomes well infused with the vanilla flavor.
The vanilla infused water and boiled beans are now added to a bottle half filled with rum. If a regular bottle of rum is purchased, half of the rum should be poured out and kept in another container to make room for the vanilla infused water. The bottle of rum with vanilla infused water and the boiled vanilla pods should then be stored away, out of direct sunlight, and allowed to sit for about six months to a year. At this time, the rum will take on a strong vanilla flavor.
In case vanilla beans are not available, vanilla extract should be used in moderate amounts. It can be mixed with water and then added to rum, or it can be added directly to rum. If too much vanilla extract is used, it can change the color of the rum and perhaps even lead to a more overpowering vanilla flavour.
For vanilla rum to last a long time, it should be bottled in a container with an airtight stopper. Rum can be drunk as is, or it can be diluted with water, cola, soda, coconut milk or lime juice. Vanilla rum is a great drink in the summer and is included in many refreshing cocktail recipes.
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