Eek! Balsamic panic!

[CaledoniaDreaming]

I don't have my copy of the book (lent it out to sister-in-law) and have a roast recipe that tells you to cook the joint in a cup of balsamic vinegar - should I do this, how much balsamic can we have? The carb content on the bottle seems really really high (27g per 100ml) to me and I am seriously panicking. Any help please guys!

 

[anjuschka]

Balsamic has a highish sugar/grape must content (hence its mild sweet flavour!) so you ought to treat it with some 'respect'. Generally you don't use more than a TB on a meal or salad between 4 ppl. For your roast - I suppose the vinegar evaporates leaving a 'sticky glaze'? Use you own judgement... (sorry not being helpful, am I!)

 

[Joydriven]

I never checked balsamic's label. In his book I found it interesting and favorable D ukan recommended 4times the amunt of balsamic over cider vinegars in his main vinaigrette recipe. Now wondering if it's a typo and should have been reversed. It's what I used all five days on a salad for pv lunch. Not a very successful sequence of pf for me either. But it was my first, so don't have any comparison. Will change this next go and see if there's any effect. I definitely had more than a tablespoon a day, probably two.

Sorry that's no help at all for your recipe! Maybe some alcohol, brandy, instead? Wonder what's the carb count on brandy after alcohol is burned off?

 

[SilverSilph]

Personally I'm quite liberal with my balsamic. I love the stuff! I tried a 50yr old once and it was pure heaven!

We get our vinegars from the Oil and Vinegar shop here, which I think has branches in the UK. We have 2 amazing ones currently, other than our balsamic. Apple, elderflower and lime vinegar and passionfruit balsamic. Oh! And a Riesling vinegar.
These don't have labels so I don't think about if I'm allowed them...Dukan said we could have vinegars and that's enough for me...

 

[Joydriven]

I like that reasoning, it's good enough for me too. I love balsamic and have an elderberry one I was wondering about. Great way to flavor things up without salt.

 

[CaledoniaDreaming]

Thanks everyone.Think I'm going to do two liberal tbsps each. After all, the juices will be lovely anyway and the balsamic is an extra.