Spring is the time to pick the young green pine tips. They are the sprouts of the new branches. Try to take one and nibble. You will find it tastes like citrus.
Our family likes to add the pine tips directly into salad green, or chop them up to mix it with mayonnaise. But I use pine tip vinegar the most. I use it for salad dressing, marinade, or even for adding to my Chinese noodles snack.
Just like any vinegar, this vinegar seems to last forever! Each year I make two large bottles and they still taste great until the end of the year when I use up the last drop of them. Though, the longer the tips sit in the vinegar, the browner the vinegar will become. So don't be alarmed. I hope you enjoy this spring flavour.
INGREDIENTS:
Young Pine Tips, about 20-30 pcs
1-2 cups White Wine Vinegar
DIRECTION:
1. Rinse the fresh pine tips with cold water; drain well.
2. In a large mason jar, add the pine tips. Pour vinegar until the pine tips are completely submerged. Store it in the pantry for at least a month before using it.
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