Rosemary Chile Vinegar Food

ROSEMARY AïOLI

Steps:

• Whisk all ingredients in small bowl to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Aioli can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with plastic and refrigerate.)

ROSEMARY-INFUSED VINEGAR

Steps:

• Pour the rice vinegar through a funnel into a 20-ounce bottle. Gently add the rosemary, orange zest and garlic cloves to the bottle until completely submerged. Add a tight-fitting spout with a rubber stopper. You can use the vinegar right away or refrigerate it for up to 1 month to allow the flavors to marry and infuse the vinegar. The longer the vinegar sits, the more the flavors will infuse.

SPICY ROASTED OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a small roasting pan, mix together the olives, rosemary, chile, and garlic. Slice the tangerines in half and squeeze the juice over the olives; toss in the rinds. Pour over the olive oil and vinegar and give it a good stir. Cover with foil and bake for about 1 hour. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CHILI & ROSEMARY VINEGAR

Steps:

• Place chilies, garlic and rosemary in clean 2 quart glass jar and crush them with a wooden spoon.
• Heat vinegar until warm, then pour over herbs.
• Set jar on sunny windowsill for 2 weeks, or until vinegar reaches desired strength.
• Strain through sieve and pour into sterilized glass jars.
• Add additional chili peppers and rosemary for decorative use to each jar if desired.
• Seal and label.

ROSEMARY-GARLIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Shake vinegar, 1/4 cup rosemary and 3 garlic cloves in tightly covered glass jar or bottle. Let stand in cool, dry place 10 days.
• Place 1 sprig rosemary in clear glass bottle. Thread 2 garlic cloves and the chilies alternatly on bamboo skewer; place in bottle.
• Strain vinegar mixture; pour into bottle. Store at room temperature.

BALSAMIC-ROSEMARY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a blender, combine vinegar, mustard, garlic, rosemary, water, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth. With machine running, add oil in a thin stream; blend until creamy.

ROSEMARY GARLIC RED-WINE VINEGAR

Steps:

• In a very clean 1-quart glass jar combine the rosemary leaves, the garlic, and the vinegar and let the mixture steep, covered with the lid, in a cool dark place for at least 4 days and up to 2 weeks, depending on the strength desired. Strain the vinegar through a fine sieve into a glass pitcher, reserving the garlic and discarding the rosemary leaves, and pour it into 2 very clean 1/2-pint glass jars. Add a rosemary sprig and some of the reserved garlic to each jar and seal the jars with the lids.

ROSEMARY GARLIC RED WINE VINEGAR

Steps:

• In a sterile 1 quart glass jar, combine the rosemary leaves, garlic and vinegar.
• Cover tightly with lid.
• Place in cool dark place and allow to steep for 4 days to 2 weeks.
• Strain through a fine sieve, reserving garlic but discarding rosemary leaves.
• Pour into hot sterile bottles; adding garlic and rosemary sprigs and seal.

ROSEMARY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Process balsamic vinegar and next 7 ingredients in a blender or food processor 15 to 20 seconds, stopping to scrape down sides.
• With blender or processor running, gradually add olive oil in a slow, steady stream; process until smooth.

ROSEMARY CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• In jars, mix chiles, garlic, and rosemary and cover with the vinegar.
• Place the filled jars in a cool, dark place and leave undisturbed for three to four weeks.
• Strain, and pour into clean, sterilized bottle(s), and label.