Although the Tonka Bean is technically illegal in the US, you can still acquire it. Read all about it here. Chefs know and love the bean for its vanilla, hay-like, sweet taste and fragrance and there’s no reason you shouldn’t too! It’s extremely common in France and used especially by chocolatiers.
My personal favorite way to use it in jam is combining it with apricot. Apricot and tonka beans work wonderfully together in any medium but considering I decided to buy a 5kg crate of apricots I figured why not have a full on jam sesh??
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The Recipe
Makes 3 jars