Sure you know Balsamic Vinegar for its peculiarity and fame as a regional food. But scure you don’t know all about this italian goods.
Continue to read this page blog and discover 3 curiosity about balsamic vinegar you don’t know!
What is a balsamic vinegar battery?
You don’t need sticks to play it!
This term indicates the set of balsamic vinegar barrels that families jealousy kept in the attic of the house.
Once they were housed in the attics of houses.
It was a real patrimony: the parents often included them in the dowry of their married daughters.
How is it tasted?
To best savour its qualities, never use a metal spoon, but use a ceramic spoon, as it lacks any characteristic that would influence the tasting.
Older experts use an ancient method: put a few drops of Balsamic between thumb and forefinger.
In this way, the warmth of the skin will make the balsamic vinegar’s peculiarities clearer, enhancing its taste.
What grapes are used to produce balsamic vinegar?
Very few suitable grapes:
Lambrusco, Sangiovese, Trebbiano, Albana, Ancellotta, Fontana and Montuni. All vines that grow in Emilia.
The must of these grapes is one of the key ingredients of Balsamic Vinegar: to them must be added wine vinegar aged at least 10 years and vinegar obtained by acetification of wine only.
But the secret ingredient is balsamic….
The weather.
Patience and slow maturation, a masterpiece that is refined day after day.
