Making 2 ingredient chive blossom vinegar is a great way to use those lovely edible flowers in your garden! Being less wasteful in the kitchen is a goal for so many of us and when it comes to things brought in from our own gardens, that desire intensifies!
Those beautiful purple flowers create a delicious chive vinegar that takes minimal effort to make! Simple herbal recipes have a special place in my heart, especially when they involve edible flowers. Dandelion vinegar is another easy vinegar infusion to try out this season. If you want a sweet flower garden-inspired infusion recipe, check out my rose-infused honey!
Enjoy this homemade chive vinegar on your next salad! Let's get out in our gardens, harvest, and hop back into the kitchen.
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What you need
- Chive Blossoms - Harvested from your own garden, these purple flowers are found growing on the tops of chives!
- Vinegar - Use simple white vinegar for this recipe.
- Strainer - Once the infusion process is over, you will need a strainer to remove the flowers from the vinegar.
- Airtight container - Store your chive flower vinegar in an airtight container in a cool dark place. Use parchment paper between the glass jar and metal lid or simply use a plastic lid to avoid rusting.
- Canning funnel - While optional, I recommend a canning funnel to help avoid spills!
Chive Blossom Vinegar Uses
- Salads - Drizzle chive flower vinegar on your summer salads!
- French fries - I grew up enjoying french fries with malt vinegar. My husband says where he's from they don't do that! Do you?! If so, try changing it up with this vinegar instead!
- Vegetables - Drizzle over oven-roasted veggies for added flavor.
While you can use apple cider vinegar, I highly recommend using white vinegar. This is so the vinegar flavor itself does not overpower the flavoring the flowers are creating while it infuses!
Chive flowers taste like onion but are not as potent as the chive itself.
No, store it in an airtight container in a cool dark place.
Ingredients and Supplies
- ½ cup chive blossoms
- 1 cup white vinegar
- Glass jar with lid
- Plastic lid
- Parchment paper (if using a metal lid)
- Mesh strainer
- Optional: Canning funnel
Chive Blossom Vinegar Recipe
- Harvest, wash, and pat dry ½ cup of chive blossoms.
- Place your flowers in a glass jar.
- Cover with white vinegar. Shake your jar to ensure everything is covered and there are no air pockets.
4. Place a lid on the jar. Use parchment paper between the jar and lid if it is metal or use a plastic lid to avoid rusting.
5. Store in a cool dark place and shake daily for 2 weeks.
6. After 2 weeks, strain into a new glass jar with a lid.
7. Label and store in a cool dark place! Enjoy!
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Chive Blossom Vinegar
Ingredients
- ½ cup chive blossoms
- 1 cup white vinegar
Instructions
- Harvest, wash, and pat dry ½ cup of chive blossoms.
- Place your flowers in a glass jar.
- Cover with white vinegar. Shake your jar to ensure everything is covered and there are no air pockets.
- Place a lid on the jar. Use parchment paper between the jar and lid if it is metal or use a plastic lid to avoid rusting.
- Store in a cool dark place and shake daily for 2 weeks.
- After 2 weeks, strain into a new glass jar with a lid.
- Label and store in a cool dark place! Enjoy!
Notes
Chive Blossom Vinegar Uses
- Salads - Drizzle chive flower vinegar on your summer salads!
- French fries - I grew up enjoying french fries with malt vinegar. My husband says where he's from they don't do that! Do you?! If so, try changing it up with this vinegar instead!
- Vegetables - Drizzle over oven-roasted veggies for added flavor.
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