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27 August 2012 Last updated at 13:18Vanilla: The 'Chanel No 5' of flavoursBy Anna-Louise Taylor & Vanessa Kim leBB! "ood# and $adio % s T'e "ood (rogramme

"res' )anilla is *a)oured around t'e +orld# in all manner o* ,oo ing.

/ t tastes so ludi,rously o* itsel*# it s li e a ,ulinary onomatopoeia#/ says eremy Lee# 'ead ,'e* atuo Vadis in London s o'o.

!ontinue reading t'e main storyVamp it up +it' )anilla

!ream your o+n )anilla i,e ,ream

er)e poa,'ed trout +it' )anilla salad ,ream

4is' up )anilla poa,'ed apri,ots *or dessert

5n6oy )anilla and stra+ erry 6am on toast

(er*e,t a )anilla panna ,otta

T'e taste is *rom t'e ,ompound )anillin# +'i,' is *ound in t'e )anilla ean# a pod +'i,' gro+sinside t'e *lo+ering )anilla or,'id.

/ t is t'e !'anel o. o* t'e *la)our usiness#/ says taste-mat,'ing guru i i egnit# aut'or o*T'e "la)our T'esaurus.

But )anilla s popularity no+ poses a ,'allenge: 'o+ to gro+ enoug' to eep up +it' demand9

ust gro+ing )anilla is a long# ,ompli,ated pro,ess.

Lulu turdy 'as a )anilla plantation in ganda# and is one o* around 1#000 neig' ouring *armsprodu,ing "airtrade )anilla# some o* t'e est you ,an uy.

n t'e +ild# a )anilla or,'id ,lim er /+ould e gro+ing up a ni,e *at tree trun # somet'ing it ,anreally 'ug#/ s'e says.

/To stop it gro+ing up into t'e ,anopy +'ere you re ne)er going to e a le to 'ar)est t'e eans#you d drape it o)er t'e top o* tree# let it 'ang do+n# and t'en +'en it rea,'es t'e ground# youloop it a out ;*t t'roug' t'e soil again. T'e *lo+ers +ill only appear on t'e parts +'ere t'e rootsaren t atta,'ed to t'e gro+ing part./!ontinue reading t'e main storyVanilla rootsT'e e i,o and ndonesia.But in t'e mid-1800s ermans *ound t'ey ,ould ,reate arti*i,ial )anilla using e tra,ts *rom paperpulp# and )anilla essen,e /too o**/ in t'e Vi,torian period. "res' )anilla ,rops lost t'eir )alue andplantations +ere almost +iped out. >ost o* t'e +orld s eans are no+ produ,ed in >adagas,ar#and are no+n as a Bour on ind.

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our,e: s turdy says.

Vanilla is also e pensi)e.

T'is /in,redi ly la our intensi)e/ produ,tion pro,ess is t'e reason )anilla ,osts so mu,'.

t is t'e se,ond-most e pensi)e spi,e a*ter sa**ron# +it' pods selling *or F10#000 a tonne. (ods,an ,ost F1. 0-F2. 0 ea,' *or t'e a)erage s'opper# and as mu,' as F depending on t'e ?uality. Vanillin ,rystals ,an *orm on pods - t'e purest *orm o* )anilla +it' an intense *la)our

Gt'er ,osts are *a,tored in too.

/T'ere s one type o* ee in ganda t'at +ill pollinate )anilla# ut t'ey are too *e+ and *ar et+eento pollinate all t'e )anilla *lo+ers#/ s'e e plains.

/5a,' and e)ery )anilla ean you are eating 'as een 'and pollinated y a pair o* 'uman 'ands#/says >s turdy.

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Vanilla e tra,t 'as t'e true *la)our and aroma o* )anilla pods rat'er t'an essen,e.

Try your 'and at deseeding pods

And a pod s *la)our ,an e,ome )isi ly more intense.

/ ometimes you ,an get a natural *rosted loo to t'em# t'ese little +'ite spe, s# +'i,' is anaturally *orming ,rystal... t'e )anillin +'i,' naturally *orms on it#/ says >s Bond.

Gn,e t'e seeds o* su,' pods 'a)e een used in re,ipes# empty pods ,an e used to *la)ourot'er ingredients.

/T'e t'ing lo)e doing t'e most +it' )anilla is ma ing a o+l o* )anilla sugar#/ >r Lee says.

/ t ,an do a lot o* +or 6ust on its o+n# or ,om ines *a ulously +it' di**erent *ruit# or ot'er spi,estoo# and is in,reasingly eing used o* ,ourse +it' s'ell*is' and *is'#/ says >s egnit.

o ,an you e)er go +rong +it' )anilla9

/Li e all t'e great spi,es it 'as t'is ,urious pro lem t'at too mu,'# is +ay too mu,'#/ says >rLee.

o e ,are*ul +it' t'ose potent pods.