 Win this Ultimate Heilala Vanilla Baking Pack 'If some exquisite little goddess of gluttony were to exist, her name would surely be Vanilla, and she would be a delicate, slim creature in a dress sparkling with tiny perfumed crystals.' There are some ingredients that my kitchen is rarely without. Lemons, peppercorns and vanilla beans, among them. When it comes to their aroma and flavour, they all fall into the category of 'exquisiteness', don't you agree? To ensure that I don't run out, in my larder, there's a bundle of 70 plump and shiny, first-quality Heilala Vanilla beans that I bought online. Heilala has plantations in Tonga and Tauranga, New Zealand; and is the only ‘plantation to pantry’ vanilla on the globe. The company offers a range of 100% pure vanilla products to home cooks, chefs and food manufacturers (such as Pierre Issa from Pepe Saya). Remember those divine butter balls with whispers of vanilla in honey? WIN an Ultimate Heilala Vanilla Baking Pack!Heilala Vanilla has just launched its Australian online store. To celebrate the launch of the Australian store, Heilala and Good Things have combined to bring you a very special prize giveaway just in time for the festive season. To be in the running to WIN the Ultimate Heilala Vanilla Baking Pack (pictured above), tell me about your favourite vanilla product in the Heilala range and how you would use it in your kitchen if you won. Spread the vanilla love, please feel free to tweet about the competition, and share a recipe with your entry in the comment box below. The competition is open to Australian residents and closes on Monday, 16 December, so pop in and enter now! The winner will receive a Heilala Baking Pack. Two runners up will each receive a pack of Heilala Vanilla Extract and Paste along with a Heilala Vanilla tea towel. Winners will be notified by email and the prizes will be posted to you. The prize pack contains: 100ml Heilala Vanilla extract 100ml Heilala Vanilla paste 250ml Heilala Vanilla syrup Glass tube with three Heilala Canilla beans 330gm sugar Plus one Heilala Vanilla bag Bonus!As an added bonus, purchase any Heilala Vanilla product online before 14 December to ensure delivery before Christmas AND you will also go in the Heilala Vanilla draw to win a Breville Scraper Mixer Pro. For more information about Heilala, click HERE! Enter the Ultimate Heilala Vanilla Baking Pack giveaway below...Remember, to enter simply tell me about your favourite vanilla product in the Heilala range and how you would use it in your kitchen if you won. Spread the vanilla love and tweet about the competition too! And the winners* are.... Thanks so much to everyone for entering this delicious competition! We thoroughly enjoyed reading your vanilla ideas and thank you for sharing the vanilla love! Watch this space for more giveaways.
*Entries were judged by Heilala Vanilla.
Narelle Rock
10/12/2012 07:54:01 pm
The vanilla syrup would be great to use in a rich trifle for Christmas dessert, drizzle a bit over the sponge before layering.
Narelle Rock
10/12/2012 07:54:32 pm
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Deb Crane
10/12/2012 08:31:15 pm
Vanilla extract would an enormous difference to the flavour of my cakes and desserts when baking.
Ross
10/12/2012 08:35:35 pm
I'm a sucker for vanilla beans and love adding them into lightly stewed summer fruits for a great tasting dessert.
Heidi
10/12/2012 09:26:52 pm
Vanilla extract would be the perfect addition to my cupcakes! :-)
Heather
11/12/2012 07:22:15 pm
Vanilla beans used in a simple vanilla panacotta drizzled with some vanilla syrup to finish would be very special.
Maria Younan
11/12/2012 09:41:11 pm
You cant go past vanilla beans in home made vanilla ice cream!
Jane @ Shady Baker
12/12/2012 01:49:52 pm
Unfortunately I have not tried Heilala products either Lizzy. But, if I had the opportunity I might try the vanilla syrup on a bowl of icecream. Yum! This is a very generous giveaway, thank you for the opportunity! 12/12/2012 01:52:31 pm
i must look out for this range - it would be exquisite to see that in my pantry! i am intrigued by the vanilla powder - for dusting on pretty little fairy cakes, i assume? that's a new one to me as i only have paste and extract in my pantry (sadly not heilala). 12/12/2012 06:27:39 pm
I love vanilla beans as they are so versatile. Once used I keep them in my sugar jar to add a bit of extra flavour. Not tried the paste but only heard great things.
Jim Campbell
12/12/2012 07:13:08 pm
I would normally put a split vanilla bean in a jar of caster sugar, shake it every few days, and use it on scones and pancakes and such. I see that the Heilala pack has Pure Vanilla Organic Sugar. I think I'd like to try their "rim of the cocktail glass" suggestion. Decadent!
Liz
12/12/2012 08:10:34 pm
I think the vanilla syrup would make a yummy vanilla milkshake. Some of the vanilla paste would go into the homemade ice cream for the milkshake if I was being really decadent! 12/12/2012 10:31:46 pm
Yum - delicious giveaway! As much as I like vanilla beans I do adore the paste for a quick and easy way to add stacks of flavour to pretty much anything. The first thing I'd make with the prize - a ridiculously rich vanilla & raspberry no-churn ice cream! Have a wonderfully festive holiday season. xx 13/12/2012 06:41:50 am
I think the vanilla sryup would be amazing drizzled into some yummy iced eggnog this time of year! Perfect for Christmas indeed :) 13/12/2012 08:01:44 am
Ever since I saw Maria Elia making this, a few weeks ago, I've been wanting to try it. I would use one of the vanilla pods to make a vanilla oil (it takes a few weeks to for the flavours to maximise) then use it in a crab, fennel and porcini salad.
Sue Averay
13/12/2012 04:27:34 pm
I love the flavours and aroma of real vanilla with almost anything: to dust over fruit, both raw and cooked; to drink in tea; to perfume baked goods; to float through my home as the scent of candles; to press between my sheets for blissful sleep. And yet, while I've become passionate about the many ways I can use the new processed products , I always have the elegant fragrant beans in the pantry ready for anything any time
rachel
13/12/2012 05:47:10 pm
I would use the delicious Heilala Vanilla paste to make an exquisite Vanilla Cloud Cake. Absolutely divine!
Serene
13/12/2012 09:09:27 pm
I think my secret guilty pleasure would be the glass tube with three Heilala Vanilla beans... just so I can pop the top regularly throughout the day and inhale deeply of the sweet scent... that's my kind of high!
kerry santillo
13/12/2012 09:18:34 pm
The Vanilla Bean Paste its great when making almond croissants for xmas brekki :)
tashana purkis
13/12/2012 09:20:14 pm
oh i would use the vanilla paste and make some delicious cupcakes 13/12/2012 10:13:48 pm
Who couldn't use some vanilla. I haven't used this brand Heilala before but I would make a chai and vanilla syrup and poach some cherries to go with semifreddo
Jennifer B.
14/12/2012 01:26:08 am
Heilala Vanilla paste makes THE MOST PERFECT vanilla ice cream! 14/12/2012 09:50:09 am
I would love to try the vanilla syrup in some delicious summer cocktails and also drizzle it over some good quality rich vanilla ice cream or in a milkshake. Yum!
sonia cattley
14/12/2012 04:49:47 pm
Simplicity is the aim. Vanilla beans used to flavour proper 6 egg yolk custard to be pour over a home made christmas pudding. We do not use premade goods in our kitchen at christmas
Irena
14/12/2012 05:50:09 pm
I would use Vanilla Beans for Creme Brulee, thank you for the yummy giveaway!
Amanda B
14/12/2012 09:30:34 pm
The vanilla extract is just amazing & would be divine in all my sweet baking. It would make an especially nice addition to my strawberry & vanilla jam.
RosslynT
15/12/2012 05:51:22 am
The vanilla syrup would be the perfect flavour addition for my daily eggnog milkshakes that I desperately make for my two fussy eating boys. (without the alcohol of course)!!
karina w
15/12/2012 09:02:53 am
Vanilla syrup to make those milkshakes more yummy!
Michelle Gray
15/12/2012 10:12:05 am
Vanilla beans, one of those luxuries I can rarely afford, I would love them to make some real vanilla ice-cream, my stuff would be cream in colour and have specks of black in it unlike the fake white stuff from the supermarket.
Elizabeth
15/12/2012 10:40:51 am
Heilala vanilla beans in my homemade ice cream,
Julie Morello
15/12/2012 11:58:40 am
I wouldlove to try the Vanilla paste in a pavlova recipe I recently came across where you fold it into the meringue before baking. I think it would add a while new favour dimension.
kelly Walter
15/12/2012 12:00:25 pm
defiantly the Heilala Vanilla extract, As use it so much with my Baking!,
Julie Krause
15/12/2012 12:16:54 pm
I have vinilla on everything,
Tara
15/12/2012 12:51:43 pm
Vanilla extract is a staple in my kitchen too- a must for baking but also for adding richness to fruit dishes. I would love the vanilla pack to explore beyond with the fabulous vanilla products.
Kate Ryan
15/12/2012 01:54:15 pm
The vanilla syrup is capturing my imagination the most :) I'd love to whip it into some cream cheese for a heavenly cupcake icing, drizzle it over fruit salad for Christmas dessert, or soak a little into a cut sponge cake before filling with whipped cream. Yum!
Anne C
15/12/2012 03:28:51 pm
My favourite is Vanilla Essence, my granddaughter and I use it every week to make her favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Lesley Walker
15/12/2012 04:44:15 pm
Vanilla Pod to use in my no bake vanilla cheesecakes that everyone fights over at functions
Steven Gaunt
15/12/2012 05:34:26 pm
vanilla's such a strong and lovely essence. It brings back old memories of grandma cooking cakes when I was a child.
Cheryl Haining
15/12/2012 10:33:26 pm
Heilala Vanilla paste, perfect in my homemade icecream and the rich, sweet flavour will enhance the deliciousness of any dessert I create using it. 15/12/2012 10:59:52 pm
I'd place a vanilla pod/bean into my sugar jar so that when I bake or put sugar in my tea, it will have an aromatic vanilla taste and smell! Perfect for Christmas and indulging in the New Year!
Belinda McLeod
15/12/2012 11:34:42 pm
Vanilla Bean paste as can be used in alot of cooking
Maria Lesar
16/12/2012 08:20:54 am
The Heilala Vanilla Baking Pack would be an EXQUISITE gift for my sister for Christmas. However, it's just too lovely to give away! I would share by using the vanilla in the custard I am making for my pudding Christmas Day. It will be the secret ingredient that will leave my family craving more!
Georgie
16/12/2012 08:26:47 am
A lush plump vanilla bean used to poach peaches and then a drizzle of pure cream infused with vanilla paste.... But so many ingredients "lift" with vanilla it's hard to choose just this one!
Kdragon
16/12/2012 10:52:52 am
I love pressing halved summer stone fruit into vanilla sugar and then put them in the BBQ for the sugar to melt and caramelise. For the extra vanilla goodness I'd put the vanilla syrup through some whipped cream to serve.
Catherine Armour
16/12/2012 11:00:28 am
I would LOVE to use that vanilla syrup in a topping for my pound cake, and also a bit in my coffee!! 16/12/2012 12:13:12 pm
Simple is often best - I love vanilla sugar for sprinkling over pastries, biscuits, cakes etc when baking. Simply leave a pod in a jar (glass, with a good lid) full of sugar and voila, vanilla-flavoured sugar is the result! And you can't beat good quality vanilla extract (rather than the fake stuff) for flavouring pavlovas and meringues. Always have to make a big vanilla-flavoured pav for son's birthday on Christmas Day! I absolutely love the vanilla bean paste. It smells heavenly and I think I would just use it to wake me up in the morning! I wish! I use it in almost everything to give a delicious vanilla kick. I would love to try using the vanilla sugar to make a crunchy munchy top on my muffins and crumbles, or to make a more vanillary snickerdoodle cookie. Yum! 16/12/2012 02:43:55 pm
My sweet tooth is aching for some vanilla syrup. I'd like to use it to lightly poach some strawberries with a touch of lemon zest and a hint of black pepper. Then I would use them to top a pavolova with plenty of thick cream (also with a touch of vanilla) and drizzle a little more syrup over each slice.
Josephine
16/12/2012 03:37:12 pm
Vanilla has an exquisitely unique fragrance and flavour and is so versatile in all things sweet (cakes, biscuits, custards, icecream, tea, fruit) and I am told also sensational in savoury dishes, especially pork and lobster (though I've not had the opportunity to try, yet).
Brianna
16/12/2012 04:00:24 pm
I know most kids love chocolate, but my boys choose vanilla icecream and vanilla cupcakes every time! The Heilala vanilla syrup, paste and extract would all be perfect for my little helpers to throw into the icecream-maker or into the mixing bowl the next time we make cupcakes (not that much of the mixture makes it into the oven!).
Debbie Packham
16/12/2012 04:08:23 pm
Just love to add a vanilla bean to my extremly slow cooked poached pears. Cooked slow and low until they are a beautiful autumn gold. Served with a little cream with vanilla extract added is delicious.
paul chambers
16/12/2012 05:01:41 pm
Hi, I have never used any vanilla products before. I love the opportunity to explore the taste and flavour. Comments are closed.
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