Mexican tarragon vinegar

Name: Mexican tarragon vinegar
Total time: 14 d 10 min
Yield: ± 500 ml
Ingredients: 4 sprigs of Mexican tarragon, about 15 cm; 500 ml white wine vinegar; a clean bottle with a cork or screw cap

Updated on 10 October 2026

Makes: ± 500 ml
Time: 10 min + 2 weeks steeping
From: Mexican tarragon

Ingredients

4 sprigs of Mexican tarragon, about 15 cm
500 ml white wine vinegar
a clean bottle with a cork or screw cap

Method

Pick the sprigs on a dry morning, rinse briefly and pat them completely dry.
Put them in the bottle and pour over the vinegar: the sprigs must be fully covered.
Close the bottle and leave to steep for 2 weeks somewhere cool and dark. Shake now and then.
Taste: once the flavour is strong enough, strain the vinegar into another clean bottle and seal well. Use it in a vinaigrette or a béarnaise sauce.

Storing: Keeps for a year somewhere cool and dark. Remove the sprigs after steeping: leaves sticking out of the vinegar can go mouldy.