Here's a great Christmas gift idea for your fave cook.......a bottle of gourmet-flavored vinegar made by you.
Store-bought flavored vinegars are a bit pricey....but a chef wants all of them in his/her kitchen arsenal of flavors.
There is an amazing choice of flavored teas in every supermarket.
HOW-TO Simply steep a selected tea bag in a bottle of vinegar. Make small samples since only a smidgen is used.
DO NOT leave teas in the bottle---will contaminate the vinegar.
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White wine and champagne vinegars work well with delicate herbal flavors and lighter-flavored fruits.
Red wine vinegar would work well strong flavors, herbs but will mask most flavors.
Rice vinegar is a mild, slightly sweet vinegar that can be used occasionally for flavoring dishes.