Rhum Vanille

Total Time: 720 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 720 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (750 ml) bottle dark rum, doesn't need to be top shelf
• 3 vanilla beans
• 1/2 cup simple syrup, mixture

Recipe

• 1 make simple syrup mixture - combine equal parts of water to sugar in a non-reactive sauce pan. boil until sugar has dissolved in the water. remove syrup from heal and let cool to room temperature. note: you may substitute vanilla sugar for plain sugar if you like.
• 2 cut vanilla bean in half lengthwise. make sure they vanilla beans are fat, pliable pods that feel heavy. avoid using brittle or dried up beans.
• 3 pour off ½ cup of rum from bottle and save in different container for future use.
• 4 add cut vanilla beans into bottle.
• 5 pour in simple syrup mixture to bottle.
• 6 let mixture sit for at least one month. the flavor will continue to get better with age.