{"id":7945,"date":"2010-07-20T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=7945"},"modified":"2010-07-20T10:39:40","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T14:39:40","slug":"chic-once-more-tarragon-vinegar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=7945","title":{"rendered":"Chic Once More Tarragon Vinegar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twenty years ago tarragon was THE chic flavor for gourmet vinegar.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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And yet a couple of months ago when I was getting ready to make Green Goddess Dressing<\/a> I could find neither fresh tarragon nor tarragon vinegar in stores!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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(I\u2019m sure they can still be found in some grocery stores, but they were not available near my brother\u2019s house in Virginia.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tarragon is a lovely herb, with a special almost licorice-like flavor. I have no idea why or how it fell from grace. I firmly believe that it deserves to come back into fashion, however. And I\u2019m doing my part to promote its renaissance.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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First, I have planted tarragon outside my kitchen in Massachusetts as well as in my sister-in-law\u2019s garden in Virginia.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Thinking ahead to the winter when my tarragon will be dormant, I have just made tarragon vinegar. My own tarragon plant is still dwarflike, but I was fortunately enough to find a huge bunch of lush tarragon at my CSA, Wilder Brook Farm<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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If I want to make Green Goddess dressing in January I can substitute my vinegar for some of the lemon juice in that recipe. I can also make an herbal vinaigrette with the vinegar. Or a sweet-and-sour vinaigrette by mixing it with some of my strawberry vinegar<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Like Scarlett O\u2019Hara, I\u2019ll never go hungry again\u2014at least not where tarragon is concerned.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Did I mention that the recipe couldn’t be simpler?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tarragon Vinegar<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ingredients:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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1 quart apple cider vinegar (I use the lovely vinegar made by Apex Orchards<\/a>)
\n1\/2 cup tarragon leaves<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Instructions:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Heat the vinegar in a non-aluminum pan until it is just about to boil but not boiling. While it is heating, wash and dry the tarragon leaves, being careful not to crush them. Gently push the leaves into a warm, clean glass jar with a capacity greater than a quart. (I use an old liquor bottle\u2014washed, of course.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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When the vinegar is warm pour it into the jar and close the jar loosely. Tighten the jar lid after the vinegar cools. Place the jar in a cool, dry place for 3 days, gently shaking it twice a day. Do NOT try to shake the bottle just after you pour in the hot vinegar as it may leak or explode.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Strain the vinegar through cheesecloth and funnel it into smaller bottles. If you like, you may place a sprig of tarragon in your bottles to help you remember what type of vinegar they contain. (Labels help, too.)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Makes about 1 quart of vinegar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Twenty years ago tarragon was THE chic flavor for gourmet vinegar. \u00a0 And yet a couple of months ago when I was getting ready to make Green Goddess Dressing I could find neither fresh tarragon nor tarragon vinegar in stores! \u00a0 (I\u2019m sure they can still be found in some grocery stores, but they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,728],"tags":[733,1747,1270,1272,1271,1273],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7945"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7953,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945\/revisions\/7953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}