Homemade Tarragon Vinegar
Cost $10
Ingredients
- 3 17-ounce bottles white wine or champagne vinegar
- 36 sprigs fresh tarragon divided
Instructions
- Carefully rinse fresh tarragon under cool water. Pat dry with paper toweling.
- On a flat, clean surface, bruise the tarragon using the back of a knife to release the flavors.
- Place 30 sprigs of tarragon in a clean, large glass container. Pour in vinegar over top of tarragon.
- Cover the container with plastic wrap and seal with a rubber band.
- Store in cool dark place for 3 weeks, swirling the vinegar around every week or so to combine ingredients.
- Right before bottling, sterilize glass bottles. I put mine in the dishwasher set on sterilizing setting.
- Pour infused vinegar through a funnel lined with cheesecloth, filling each bottle an inch from the top.
- Discard solids and cheesecloth.
- Place one to two sprigs of fresh tarragon for garnish.
- Cover each bottle with tight-fitting lid and store on shelf.
- This vinegar has a shelf life of 7-8 months.