Cocktails with White balsamic vinegar
White balsamic vinegar is a pale, golden condiment vinegar of white grape must and white wine vinegar — mild and sweet-tart.
How it's used
Because it is pale, it adds acidity without darkening a drink, so a strawberry or cucumber drink keeps its color. It gives sourness with no citrus flavor. Basil and berries are its natural partners.
Substitutes for White balsamic vinegar
White wine vinegar and syrup mix
For each 5 ml of white balsamic, use 4 ml of vinegar and a quarter barspoon (about 1 ml) of 2:1 syrup. If the recipe means a thick balsamic, use about twice the syrup.
Without the syrup, it is sharper and drier because it has no sugar.
Dark balsamic vinegar
One for one, the flavor turns richer and a pale drink goes brown.
Description
It falls outside the protected Aceto Balsamico di Modena designation and is sold as a condimento, so no legal rule fixes what goes into it.
