Rum Decorating Syrup

Name: Rum Decorating Syrup
Yield: Approximately 1 cup (240 ml)
Ingredients: 1½ cups (360 ml) simple syrup; ½ cup (120 ml) dark rum; 1 vanilla bean

Preparation info

Approximately
1 cup

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

1½ cups (360 ml) simple syrup
½ cup (120

Garnish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the simple syrup and rum in a saucepan. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Reserve the vanilla bean pod for another use. Mix the seeds into a small portion of the syrup to distribute them evenly and break up any lumps. Mix this into the remaining syrup.
Bring the syrup to a boil and reduce by one-quarter. The syrup should stay i