Red Wine Vinegar (Copycat)

Submitted by twissis

"No one who has red wine + white vinegar always on-hand should ever be buying commercially-prepared red wine vinegar. Using this 2-ingredient 1:3 ratio mixture w/a 1 min prep is ideal for recipes requiring red wine vinegar & can easily be doubled or tripled to get a larger volume than 1/4 cup as desired. It can also be infused w/garlic or other herbs as desired. I use this a lot & just today discovered to my surprise that this easy-fix copycat was not in the Zaar data base. *Enjoy* !"

 

• Ready In: 1min
• Ingredients: 2
• Yields: 1 1/4 cup
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon red wine
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar

directions

1. Combine both ingredients in a sml jar w/a lid & use as needed.
2. NOTE: If you are infusing this mixture w/garlic or other herbs, allow to stand for a minimum of 3 hrs b4 using.

Reviews

[Marie Nixon]

My biggest complaint about this recipe - Why haven't I been using this for years? : ) I ran out of red wine vinegar for a creamy garlic salad dressing that I was making. I remember years ago a coworker telling me that she makes her own red wine vinegar. I didn't pursue it then but I remembered today. This turned out great! And now that I know the ratio is 3 to 1, I can mix up as much as I need at any one time. The recipe says it makes 1 1/4 cups. But it should really say that it makes 1/4 cup of red wine vinegar. 1 tablespoon red wine + 3 Tablespoons vinegar = 4 tablespoons = 1/4 c.

 

[CalGal]

Thanks so much for posting this. They charge ridiculous prices for red wine vinegar in the supermarkets. And this tastes 1000% better. You've done a wonderful service to humanity! Bless you.

 

[lazyme]

Wow! Like many other reviewers I had no idea red wine vinegar was so easy to make. I will not be buying this stuff in the stores anymore! This was just too good when I used it in a salad vinaigrette dressing. I also noticed that I had a bottle of purchased red wine vinegar in the pantry with just about 1/4 cup left in it. I sat the two next to each other, dipped a little piece of bread in each to see how they compared straight across. This version was so much better than the purchased stuff - and the color was far more vibrant and intense as well. Thanks twissis for sharing this wonderful copycat. Congrats again on your Week 9 win in the Football Pool!

 

[Bayhill]

This red wine vinegar turned out really great. I doubled the red wine and white vinegar ingredients and infused the mixture with: (1) shallot clove, (1) garlic clove, and several sprigs each of rosemary, thyme, and marjarom. I left these in the vinegar mixture for 24 hours and then strained them out with a coffee filter. I then made a zesty Italian salad dressing with the infused vinegar and it was delicious!! Thank you for sharing this fabulous recipe...it is definitely a keeper!! *Made for 2008 Football Pool*

 

[French Tart]

A great technique thanks Twissis! I usually make my own red wine vinegar by decanting all the dregs of red wine bottles into a special crock, the only problem is that there are not many dregs left in the bottles in this household! So, this was a good recipe to tag and try out. I used a nice everyday vin de pays red wine, and some white wine vinegar. No wine was wasted or abused in the making of this red wine vinegar, and I have saved this for the future - thanks very much! Made for Holiday Tag - merci encore ma leeetle Iclandic sister! FT:-)