What Can I Do With Cognac Vinegar? Good Questions

What Can I Do With Cognac Vinegar?
Good Questions

Q: A friend just gave me a great looking bottle of Vilux cognac vinegar. Aside from salad dressings, what are some ways to use this? I just know there has to be some pairing that will be so delicious.

— Sent by Christine

Editor: Christine, yes this vinegar would make amazing salad dressings! But you can also use it to deglaze meat pans, marinate meat, and to add a piquant tang to pasta sauces.

Readers, how would you use cognac vinegar?

• Find it! Vilux Cognac Vinegar, $27 at Bon Jour Gourmet

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Comments (3)

You can use some of it to make a quick fancy pickle. Just make sure to eat up the pickles in one week since I don't think the acidity holds up to canning standards (it needs to be 5%).

posted by mstinagray on August 10th 2009 at 1:43pm
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I've never had cognac vinegar, but I bet it would be awesome for an untraditional fragole pazzo (crazy strawberries). The original is usually a bit of balsamic, sugar, and black pepper on the strawberries, but why not cognac vinegar, black pepper, and strawberries with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream or herbal sorbet?

posted by lotusmoss on August 10th 2009 at 3:16pm
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I like to add a splash of it when I make strawberry and currant sauces (also glazes and other fruit reductions), and I replace half of the balsamic with it in ceasar dressing. Also, it's great for marinating meats, to drizzle on vegetables that are going to be roasted, lovely in stir fry as well. Sometimes I toss a little in salsas I'm making. When I make stuffed poblanos (or green peppers would be good too), I put some in the sauce that goes on top.

Any recipe you'd use red vinegar in, you can generally substitute the cognac vinegar in. It's really a wonderful vinegar!

posted by seidhr on August 10th 2009 at 7:21pm
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