Your ulitmate Vanilla dessert?

[ipsedixit]

We talk about chocolate a lot, maybe too much.

But what about it's kissing cousin, Vanilla?

What's your favorite or ultimate Vanilla dessert?

Mine? Madagascar Vanilla bean ice cream.

So let's hear it. Do you have a favorite Vanilla-centric dessert?

[racer x]

I'm a vanilla addict. Chocolate? Could take it or leave it. But I couldn't live without vanilla.
So this is a very hard question.

Probably white layer cake, ice cream, panna cotta (+/- strawberry sauce), in that order.

And I much prefer madagascar over tahitian vanilla.

[ipsedixit]

I think Madagascar Vanilla is totally under appreciated.

[lesliedm3]

Warm rice pudding made with a vanilla bean, milk, and cream.

[Eat.Choui]

Vanilla bean pastry cream. I steal spoonfuls when I make it at work and wolf it down when I make it at home. It's my special treat pudding!

[ipsedixit]

Yeah, I'm totally with you on that one. I used to to make a Vanilla pastry cream sandwich with two slices of pound cake.

[Emme]

Ricotta Souffle. made with Mexican Vanilla.

[jmcarthur8]

Tapioca (any size) pudding eaten cold with warm fresh rhubarb cooked down with a little sugar. .

[Hank Hanover]

I'm with you ... a good vanilla ice cream. Although this time of year, I like a slice of lemon pound cake in the bottom of a bowl. A scoop or maybe 2 of vanilla ice cream on top of that and on top of it all... sliced macerated strawberries with a little Grand Marnier on them.

Don't get better than that. I have tried to get the energy to make a french strawberry tart but why do all that work when I can have the dish above?

[jarona]

Creme Caramel
Creme Brulee
Both made with Mexican Vanilla.

[Jay F]

Creme Anglaise and just about anything.

[Seeker19104]

I love basic bread pudding with no sauce. When people add chocolate, berries, nuts, etc., that ruins a perfect dessert for me.

[Chowrin]

Whipped Cream! ... peaches optional, but welcome!

[biondanonima]

I love a good creme brulee, flan, panna cotta or even a very vanilla-y cheesecake, but I think my absolute favorite is probably a good old vanilla milkshake (made with high-quality ice cream plus a shot of good vanilla extract!).

[sunshine842]

Creme brulee, or the killer recipe for flan in the special Spain issue of Bon Appetit years ago.