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Add flavor and save money by infusing your own vinegar, booze and more - The Register Citizen
Vinegars "can be used to lift a dish, to pull its components together, or to balance out sweetness and give depth," writes Diana Henry in "Salt Sugar Smoke: How to Preserve Fruit, Vegetables, Meat and Fish." Flavored vinegar can do that even more. "Vinegars help you to create layers of flavor, and to play around with the subtleties of taste, too."
You can infuse vinegar with a wide array of foods, but herbs, fruit and alliums (garlic, leeks, onions) are especially well-suited.
Preserving cookbook author Marisa McClellan of the blog Food in Jars said one of her strategies is to use scraps from other projects, such as jam or pie. Berry seeds, stone fruit pits and even strawberry hulls still have plenty of flavor to impart. Or she'll use vinegar infusions to get the most out of a small, expensive purchase, as she does with ramps. A single dish made with ramps is fleeting, but a ramp-flavored vinegar can be used in salads and pan sauces all year long.
Vinegars "can be used to lift a dish, to pull its components together, or to balance out sweetness and give depth," writes Diana Henry in "Salt Sugar Smoke: How to Preserve Fruit, Vegetables, Meat and Fish." Flavored vinegar can do that even more. "Vinegars help you to create layers of flavor, and to play around with the subtleties of taste, too."
You can infuse vinegar with a wide array of foods, but herbs, fruit and alliums (garlic, leeks, onions) are especially well-suited.
Preserving cookbook author Marisa McClellan of the blog Food in Jars said one of her strategies is to use scraps from other projects, such as jam or pie. Berry seeds, stone fruit pits and even strawberry hulls still have plenty of flavor to impart. Or she'll use vinegar infusions to get the most out of a small, expensive purchase, as she does with ramps. A single dish made with ramps is fleeting, but a ramp-flavored vinegar can be used in salads and pan sauces all year long.