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On 20/11/2015 11:49 AM, wrote:
> On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:08:28 AM UTC-8, cshenk wrote:
>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> We are planning to go to a holiday potluck in four weeks. One of the
>>> dishes we are looking at requires tarragon vinegar. We still have
>>> tarragon growing in the garden, though much of it is turning brown.
>>>
>>> Can we just stick a sprig in a small bottle and pour distilled
>>> vinegar on top of it?
>>
>> It's one of the easier ones and yes you have time. 2-4 weeks.
>>
>> Take 2 cups loosely packed fresh tarragon leaves and bruise them up a
>> bit (can crumble themn into a ball in your hands, classic is with a
>> pestle). Now add 2 cups white vinegar (classic version, some use other
>> vinegars). Set aside to develop and taste test at 2 weeks. Once it
>> hits what you desire, remove the Tarragon and perhaps replace with a
>> simple decorative sprig if it will be at the table.
>>
>
> Thanks, Carol! I don't know if we have two cups of leaves, but hopefully
> the recipe scales down.
>
I push a bunch, stalks as well, into a bottle and then fill it with
vinegar. The stalks contain a lot of flavour.
Graham

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