Vinegar

Flavorah Concentrates for Flavored Vinegar

Flavored vinegars are a gourmet kitchen staple used in salad dressings, marinades, deglazing, shrubs (drinking vinegars), and pickling. Flavorah concentrates add bold fruit, herb, and spice flavors to vinegar bases instantly, without the weeks-long infusion time required by traditional methods.

Recommended Usage Rates

• Flavored vinegar: 0.25-1.0% by weight (typical 0.5%)
• Drinking vinegar and shrubs: 0.25-0.75%
• Pickling brine enhancement: 0.15-0.5%

Technique

Add Flavorah concentrate directly to your vinegar base and blend thoroughly. The water-soluble formula dissolves instantly in the acidic environment. For shrubs (drinking vinegars), combine flavored vinegar with simple syrup and dilute with sparkling water. For pickling, add concentrate to warm brine before pouring over vegetables. The acidic environment helps preserve the flavor compounds for long shelf life.

Recipe Ideas

• Raspberry balsamic vinegar: add Flavorah Red Raspberry at 0.5% to balsamic vinegar for salads and glazes
• Peach shrub: add Flavorah Peach at 0.5% to apple cider vinegar with simple syrup, serve with sparkling water
• Garlic herb pickling brine: add Flavorah Basil at 0.3% to a standard pickling brine for herbed pickles
• Apple cider drinking vinegar: add Flavorah Apple at 0.5% to raw apple cider vinegar for a daily wellness tonic

Vinegar's acidity helps preserve flavoring compounds, so flavored vinegars have an excellent shelf life. Store in glass bottles in a cool, dark place.