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This season, bring farm-to-table goodness to your holiday baking and enjoy the sweet taste and smell of quality vanilla. Or consider adding vanilla essentials to a gift basket for family and friends as an impressive gift for those who enjoy baking.

Native Vanilla embodies the richness and goodness of pure vanilla to make your recipes pop with flavor. It’s ethically sourced extract grade rare Tahitian vanilla beans have a sweet floral aroma with fruity undertones. And their journey to your doorstep couldn’t be more inspiring.

The backstory to this wonderful company is just as sweet as its products. The seeds of NativeVanilla grew when it’s founder, Dan Edmiston, made his way back to the Papua New Guinea town where he had spent part of his childhood. Seeing the town’s need for economic survival, he committed to starting a company that harvested the beauty of vanilla while sharing the profits with the local micro-farm community. Thus, quality for the consumer and a fair price for the farmer. As Dan likes to say, “To meet a need is to find true meaning.”

What Native Vanilla Treat Will You Make, or Give, This Holiday Season?

Holiday Cranberry Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe

This cranberry vanilla bean cake will be the talk of the holiday party! Yeah, it’s that good. It is soft, flavorful, and has just a little bit of tart. Each bite will make you want to have more. Are you ready to make this cranberry cake?

Prep Time: 20-minutes Cook Time: 45-minutes

Ingredients:

CRANBERRY FILLING

12 oz fresh cranberries, picked over
2 tablespoons of orange juice
2 teaspoons finely shredded orange zest
½ cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

CAKE

1 cup buttermilk
6 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 Native Vanilla Bean, split
2 ¼ cups of cake flour
1 ¾ cups sugar
3/4 cup of butter, softened
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

FROSTING

16-ounce cream cheese, softened
¾ cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
Sugared cranberries

Check out the full Holiday Cranberry Vanilla Bean Cake Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

Eggnog Recipe

What are the holidays without an eggnog recipe? This recipe is quick and easy – 8 ingredients and only 15 minutes to make.

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients (makes 12 servings)

6 large egg yolks
5/8 cup granulated white sugar
4 cups of milk
½ tsp cinnamon
2 Native Vanilla beans *(see instructions for cutting and scraping seeds below)
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream
½ cup of rum (if giving to children or those who don’t drink leave this out)

Check out the full Eggnog Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

Vanilla Bean Beer Recipe

Ever wanted to brew your own beer? It’s the perfect time of year to do it. Here is a great recipe using Native Vanilla Beans.

Ingredients

9.5 lbs 2-row base malt
6 oz. Roasted Barley (500L)
4 oz. Black Patent Malt
4 oz. Chocolate Malt
4 oz. Roasted Wheat (550L)
1 oz. Glacier Hops at 5% AA (5 AAU) for 60 minutes
0.5 oz Challenger Hops at 8% AA (4 AAU) for 60 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade Hops at 6% AA (3 AAU) for 60 minutes
2 Grade B Native Vanilla Beans (in secondary)
Yeast Options: Safale US-05 Dry Yeast, White Labs WLP001.

Check out the full Vanilla Bean Beer Recipe at this link to Native Vanilla’s Website.

Vanilla is one of the world’s favourite spices. With its unique taste and wonderful aroma, vanilla has the power to transform any dish into the ultimate foodie delight. But you know that already, don’t you? You’re probably here because there are still some things about vanilla that you’re unsure of. Well then, you’ve come to the right place. At Native Vanilla, they are endlessly fascinated about all things vanilla, and passionate about sharing their expert knowledge on this remarkable plant.

TAHITIAN GOURMET VANILLA BEANS – GRADE A

Product features:

Grade A Vanilla Beans – hand selected with finest curing process, vacuum sealed for freshness
These high-quality vanilla pods are 6-8 inches long, plump, oily, black/dark brown, 30-35% moist
Perfect for cooking, desserts, beverages and ice cream. Rich in taste and smell; strong, full vanilla flavor.
Ethically sourced and grown by micro-farmer cooperative.
Tahitensis vanilla is rarer than the Madagascar variety and is infinitely more versatile.

TAHITIAN EXTRACT VANILLA BEANS – GRADE B

Product features:

Grade B Vanilla Beans – hand selected with finest curing process, vacuum sealed for freshness
These extract vanilla pods are 4-6 inches long, black/dark brown, 15-20% moist and weigh .05-.10 oz
Use for baking, making vanilla extract and powders. Enjoy sweet floral aroma, with flavors of fruit
Ethically sourced and grown by micro-farmer cooperative.
Tahitensis vanilla is rarer than the Madagascar variety and is infinitely more versatile.

About Native Vanilla:

Native Vanilla brings organically farmed, sustainably sourced top-quality vanilla to your home. Ethically sourced and grown by a Papua New Guinea micro-farmer cooperative, the company is committed to providing Tahitensis vanilla products including vanilla extract, vanilla bean powder, and vanilla beans. Quality for the consumer, a fair price for the farmer. Follow them on Instagram @native_vanilla and learn more about their inspiring journey here.

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