which looked very nice and, as we have lots of nasturtiums growing, I thought I would make up a bottle and see how it tasted.
This tasty vinegar is very easy to make. Firstly I washed 2 cups of nasturtium leaves and a 1/2 cup or so of flowers and sun dried them for a couple of days although the recipe in the link just says to wash and dry them.
I then put the dried flowers and leaves in a large Moccona coffee jar which had been cleaned well followed by 2 tablespoons of black peppercorns and a couple of rosemary stems.
Then I covered this with 4 cups of white vinegar. Use a good quality one for this. Then it was stirred and put into a dark cupboard.
After a week or so I had a taste and thought I would leave it for a couple more weeks to develop a more peppery flavour.
At the end of next week it will be strained through a fine sieve, stored
in a sterilised bottle and placed in a cool place until used.
This would make a lovely Christmas gift with a photo of a nasturtium and the date on which it was made on a pretty label.
It looks gorgeous Chel, I hope it holds the colour when drained. Thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteHopefully Barb. However I have had nettle infusing in olive oil in the sun for a couple of weeks and strained it this morning and it is not green like I hoped :-(
DeleteGosh - I would never have thought of this list of ingredients. Super.
ReplyDeleteIt should be quite tasty when finished, Phil.
Deleteit looks sooooo beautiful, Chel. We too have loads of nasturtiums but I must make sure to get all the little snails out lol
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Yes Sue, it is probably a good idea to get the snails off first ;-)
DeleteI like that we have a laugh together
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What is it used for? It looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is nice with a salad, Joyful.
Deleteit looks gorgeous & delicious
ReplyDeletei would have to omit the peppercorns for myself as can't stomach those but one day will give more things ago, have calendula infusing in olive oil in the cupboard atm, for soaps later down the track
thanx for sharing
I must remember to keep checking the vinegar out as it is in a cupboard I don't look in very often. I often forget about such things. LOL!
DeleteI made nasturtiums in vinegar recently Chel but didn't think to wash them first. I consequently had some ant floaters. A lesson learned. Fortunately they strained out so I'll still use it.
ReplyDeleteHutchy, perhaps they would have added a little more flavour. Ha ha! I washed them then dried them under glass outside for a couple of days first.
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