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1/2 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise and seeds scraped Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 cup sugar Ask a question about this ingredient
Stir the vanilla bean and seeds into the sugar and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely.
Ask a question about this stepIn each of two 10-ounce glasses, stir together 1 1/2 tablespoons syrup and 1/2 cup milk. Fill the glass with seltzer. Give it a stir and taste it before adding all the seltzer -- you want to be sure it doesn't get too dilute.
Ask a question about this stepit looks like you actually make a vanilla sugar syrup (with water) and then add that, once cooled, to cold milk. no cooking of the milk.
Ha!!! This is certainly not the recipe the lunch counters in the Bronx & Manhattan used for vanilla egg creams. I love it!!!
Wow, that may be one way to get your non milk drinkers to... "got Milk?" Sounds delicious
Joanne Chang is the pastry chef/owner of Flour Bakery+Cafe and chef/co-owner of Myers+Chang in Boston.
Chef Michael Kiss is the Cooking Coach at Whole Foods Market in Rockville, Md.
added 12 months agoI am worried about the cooked milk taste in boiling milk for 3 minutes.
A quick caudle ( bringing to just a simmer and then turning off the heat) of the milk with a short steeping time while it cools will keep the milk from getting the sugary lactic taste. Plus boiling milk may break it.