Rosemary Vinegar

Rosemary vinegar adds a nice spike of flavor to salad dressings and meat marinades.

ROSEMARY VINEGAR

Fresh garden rosemary
Apple cider vinegar
Glass mason jar with lid

Fill a jar with fresh rosemary.  Pack it in fairly tight.  Pour apple cider vinegar over the fresh herbs.  I like to use raw apple cider vinegar.  Press the leaves down with a chopstick so that the vinegar covers all of the rosemary.  If you don't have a plastic screw-on lid, and are using a metal canning lid and screw band, cover the mouth of the jar with plastic wrap or a piece of parchment paper so that the metal does not come in contact with the vinegar.  Set the jar in a dark cupboard and let it infuse for 6 weeks.  Strain away the rosemary and decant vinegar into a fresh bottle. Add a fresh sprig of rosemary if desired.

I like to make mugwort vinegar when I gather wild mugwort in the hills near the ocean.

ROSEMARY VINEGAR