Simple Homemade Vinegar
- 1 Stale wine
- 1/4 Live vinegar
- Get yourself a wide-mouthed ceramic or wooden container like this one.
- Add wine.
- You can use any wine, but you probably don't want to use anything that's still good to drink.
- The real value of this recipe is putting an old stale bottle, or the 1/2 bottle you forgot in the fridge for a week to good use.
- Add some good vinegar, the kind that's still alive.
- Most store bought vinegar will have been pasteurized, which makes it pretty useless in this situation.
- I recommend using Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar, as it's generally the most commonly available unpasteurized vinegar.
- 25% vinegar to 75% wine is plenty to get you started, and you can get away with less vinegar.
- Put a lid on your container.
- It should not be airtight.
- My container has a loose fitting lid that works great.
- It keeps the bugs out, but the vinegar can still breathe.
- You can use some thick cloth if your container doesn't have a proper lid.
- Now put it somewhere for a month or so.
- You can give it a taste every now and then.
- When it tastes like vinegar, start cooking with it.
wine, vinegar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/356567-simple-homemade-vinegar (may not work)