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In its long-aged forms (at least 10 and even up to 25 years) it is often taken straight or served over strawberries, while the more mass-market vinegar (usually aged 3 years or less) is used in salad dressings and marinades.
It is produced from the concentrated juice ("must") of white grapes (typically, trebbiano grapes) that has been boiled down to approximately 50% of its original volume, and fermenting that with a slow aging process that concentrates the flavours. The flavour is intensified over decades, with the vinegar being kept in fine wooden casks, becoming sweet, viscous and very concentrated in flavour. The finest and most traditional balsamic vinegar is very labor-intensive to produce; while it ages and gradually evaporates, the liquid is transferred to successively smaller casks made of different woods, absorbing the flavor characteristics of each wood and becoming more concentrated with each transfer. Oak, mulberry, chestnut, cherry, juniper, ash, and acacia are the most commonly used woods. Some older balsamic vinegar is added to the "must" to create a more complex and intricate taste, and to add acidity. At the end of the process, the vinegar is taken from the smallest cask: each cask is filled with the contents of the preceding (larger) cask and the cooked must is added to the largest cask.
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dentsdeslion (Malcolm Taylor) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:34:16 -0000
What a lovely day for dipping lady's fingers in balsamic vinegar.
Balsamic Vinegar :)
vickykho (Victoria Samantha) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:28:51 -0000
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@VecchiaCasa add drops of balsamic vinegar..my mom in the hamburger put soya sauce!!!
divinacucina (Judy) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:24:32 -0000
@VecchiaCasa add drops of balsamic vinegar..my mom in the hamburger put soya sauce!!!
@aliceinthewater It wasn't at home. We went out. I try to buy only Balsamic vinegar.
jianyc (Josh Adams) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:43:33 -0000
@aliceinthewater It wasn't at home. We went out. I try to buy only Balsamic vinegar.
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