Herbal Vinegar

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh green herbs, leaves tightly packed (such as basil, tarragon, lavender flowers and leaves, oregano, mint, sage, chives)
• 1 cup champagne vinegar (6% acidity)
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 put herbs, vinegar, and salt in a blender and blend on high speed about 30 seconds.
• 2 strain through a fine strainer.
• 3 if you want a very clear vinegar, you can filter it through rinsed and squeezed-dry coffee filters.
• 4 however, you will be filtering out flavor.
• 5 press on the solids to extract all the vinegar and flavor.
• 6 herb flowers may be added directly to the vinegar after it is strained if desired.
• 7 vinegar is best used immediately when it is fresh, and delicate in color.
• 8 the color will oxidized very fast to a brownish color.
• 9 the flavor is stable, however.
• 10 store in a cool, dark place, tightly covered with a nonmetallic lid.