Raspberry Vinegar
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1 quart ripe red raspberries
- 1 quart strong well flavoured vinegar
- 1 quart fresh raspberries
- 1 quart fresh raspberries
- pounded loaf sugar
Instructions
- Put a quart of ripe red raspberries in a bowl and pour a quart of strong well flavoured vinegar over them. Let stand for twenty-four hours, then strain through a bag.
- Pour the strained liquid onto a fresh quart of raspberries and strain in the same manner. Repeat this process a third time with another quart of fresh raspberries.
- When the final infusion is prepared, sweeten it very well with pounded loaf sugar. Refine and bottle it. Serve as a delicious beverage mixed with iced water.