Blueberry Pomegranate Infused Red Wine Vinegar Recipes

Steps:

• Put vinegar and sugar into medium sized sauce pan, bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• While vinegar mixture is simmering, wash blueberries, and dry off with paper toweling; put berries between 2 layers of wax paper; gently crush berries until they pop-to get more of the flavor into the vinegar.
• Use the wax paper to funnel the berries into the quart jar.
• Remove vinegar mixture from heat, add pomegranate juice to vinegar, put funnel into quart jar, and pour hot vinegar mixture over blueberries.
• Allow to cool down for 30 minutes.
• Cover tightly with lid and let stand at room temperature for 3 days.
• Shake jar occasionally.
• Place several layers of cheesecloth in a strainer set inside a glass bowl; dump mixture through to strain out the blueberries; discard the blueberries. You might need to repeat this step.
• While doing the above step, clean a pint jar and lid to put the vinegar into.
• Using a funnel pour the liquid into the jar, label, cover, and store in refrigerator up to 1 month. (Guessing on storage, but will err on side of caution until someone with the expertise tells me differently).

Steps:

• In a nonreactive saucepan, combine the honey, 1 cup of the raisins, half of the chopped figs and the sweet wine.
• Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, stirring from time to time, until reduced to 1 cup.
• Pass the mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids, and discard raisins and figs.
• Tie the remaining raisins and figs in a piece of cheesecloth.
• Combine the flavoured wine with the red and white vinegars in a clean 1 ½-quart jar.
• Add both cheesecloth packages (the dried fruit in one, the wood chips in the other).
• Cover and let stand for 3-4 weeks, shaking from time to time.
• Discard both cheesecloth packages, pass the vinegar through a dampened coffee filter into a 1-quart bottle and cover tightly.
• Honeyed Wine Vinegar will keep for 1 year stored in a cool, dark place.

Steps:

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