Vanilla Sugar

I am reading this great book called The Feast Nearby by author Robin Mather. It is all about how she learned to eat delicious, locally grown and raised food on $40 a week. She accomplishes a lot of this by by eating what is in season (because it tastes better and is less expensive) and by preserving, drying and freezing to enjoy them later.

She has a delicious sounding recipe for french style strawberry preserves. I want to try it but one of the ingredients is vanilla sugar. She said to take one pound of sugar, crack two-three vanilla beans and place them in the sugar and seal it up for a week. Oh the waiting, you know I am not great with the waiting.

Stay tuned for the super messy sounding adventure in french style strawberry preserves.