Effect:
metabolism-stimulating, bilious, digestive
Areas of application:
a balanced bile secretion
Plant parts used:
Fruit capsules
Collection time:
The fruit capsule of the perennial liana can be collected all year round.
To find:
Vanilla originally comes from Mexico, but today it comes from Africa and America
Ingredients:
Sugar, essential oils, piperonal, vanillin, vanilla acid, resins, mucilage, fats, water
Other:
Vanilla is the queen of spices, it is the fruit of a wonderfully blooming orchid. Vanilla fruits are harvested when they are green and have no aroma at all. In our stores we sell the vanilla capsules in glass tubes so that the aroma is not lost. Vanillin, which is also available to buy, is a synthetic replica. You can tell whether you have real vanilla or synthetic vanillin by the fact that black dots can be found in the food. These are the seeds of real vanilla.
Ice cream, creams, puddings, cakes and chocolate gain in value when flavored with real vanilla. As long as the pod is not cut open during cooking to get the pulp out, you can let the vanilla pod dry and use it several times. They develop their essential oils even after repeated use.