Vanilla sugar syrup

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    250 ml

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

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Ingredients

  • 100 g caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod

Method

  1. Put the sugar and 200ml water in a small saucepan over a low heat. When the sugar has dissolved, increase the heat and bring to the boil. Split the vanilla pod lengthways, scrape out the seeds and add them to the sugar syrup. (Save the pod to make vanilla sugar.)
  2. Take off the heat and leave the syrup to cool. Store in a jar or bottle in the fridge and use as re