Canadian Vinegar Cellars Cooking Ideas & Recipes

Ideas for Cooking with Canadian Vinegar Cellar Vinegars 

Cranberry Vinegar Ideas

  • Create a Fennel Salad Vinaigrette involving blue cheese, sliced pear and sprinkle of walnuts by mixing avocado or coconut oil with Cranberry Vinegar.
  • Create a Fruit Salad Vinaigrette by mixing cranberry vinegar with 25% honey.
  • Marinade pork loin in Cranberry Vinegar for ½ hour. Pan fry pork loin on high heat and sear each side, then bake to desired temperature.

Black Currant Vinegar Ideas

  • Create a dessert sauce by blending 50/50 black currant vinegar with black currant (or concord) jam. Drizzle over desserts like ice cream, cheesecake or lava cake.
  • Create a unique ice cream dessert by slicing a square Klondike ice cream sandwich through the middle into 2 open face pieces and drizzling a 50/50 blend of black currant vinegar and black currant (or concord) jam over top.
  • Create a fruit salad vinaigrette by combining 20% honey and 80% Black Current Vinegar.
  • Drizzle over garden salads involving mixed greens, olive oil, goat cheese (or feta).
  • For a delicious salad dressing combine 10% raspberry (or blackberry) yogurt and 90% Black Currant Vinegar.

Solera Pinot Vinegar Ideas

  • Create a bread dip by mixing a light olive oil with Solera Pinot Vinegar.
  • Small droplets may be placed over mild to medium cheese like a feta or blue.
  • Drizzle over grilled vegetables.
  • Drizzle over a Tomato Cucumber Salad with feta.
  • Drizzle over Caprese Salad.
  • For a cocktail combine 1 shot vodka and ½ shot Solera Point in a glass and fill with soda water and crushed ice.

Peach and Pear Vinegar Ideas

  • For a dessert sauce blend 50/50 with peach jam and Peach or Pear Vinegar and drizzle over ice cream, cheesecake, waffles, sticky or taffy puddling.
  • For a fruit salad vinaigrette, blend with 20% honey and 80% Peach or Pear Vinegar.
  • Drizzle over garden or summer salad with light olive oil.
  • Drizzle over sweet potato fries or roasted root vegetables.
  • For glazed carrots, drizzle over steamed carrots then fry them.

Chicken Veggie Stir Fry

Ingredients

Onions – Peppers – Mushrooms – Chicken – Chili Peach Vinegar – Olive Oil – Vegetable Broth

Instructions

  • Chop Vegetables.
  • Cook chicken.
  • In a large frying pan or wok add 2 tbsp of chili peach vinegar, olive oil, vegetable broth and 1 cup of water.
  • Boil/Sautee chosen vegetables until soft.
  • Add additional 3 tbsp Chili Peach vinegar, cook on med-high until soft and glazy.
  • Toss Chicken and veggies together.

Moroccan-style Carrot and Grilled Pineapple Salad

Ingredients

¼ cup chili peach vinegar
2 teaspoon honey
¾ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
1Ib carrots peeled and shredded
2 tablespoon coconut oil or avocado oil.

Instructions

  • Grill pineapple. Slice a thin round disk of pineapple.
  • Marinade pineapple for 1 hour with 2 teaspoons of chili peach vinegar.
  • Grill until edges turn slightly black. Dice and set aside.
  • Blend Chili Peach vinegar, cumin, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and honey into a vinaigrette
  • Blend vinaigrette into a blow with shredded carrot and pineapple.
  • Best results, make salad day before and finish off with oil as you are about to serve.

Slow Roasted Harissa Carrots

Ingredients

6 medium carrots cut into ovals about ½ inch thick
2 tablespoons olive, avocado or coconut oil
3 tablespoon chili peach vinegar
2 tablespoons harissa paste
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon fine salt
1½ tablespoon honey.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Mix in a large pan the oil, chili peach vinegar, harissa paste, garlic powder, salt.
  • Toss the carrots thoroughly
  • Bake for one hour and 30 minutes, or until carrots are soft Once baked, drizzle the honey over the carrots, mix one last time and serve.
  • Glazed carrots. Slice carrots into half lengthwise Steam until ¾ finished.
  • Poke holes with fork and marinade in a bag with 2 tbs of peach vinegar.
  • In a frying pan with light oil or cooking spray, fry carrots on either side until slightly charred.

Pineapple Salsa with Chili Peach Vinegar

Simple Instructions

  • Slice pineapple thin, poke holes in it with a fork and marinade with two tablespoons of Chili Peach Vinegar for ½ hour.
  • Grill pineapple until slightly charred.
  • Toss diced red onion, red pepper, cilantro or mint and one tbsp chili peach vinegar with the pineapple.