Active Time

　　15 minutes

　　Total Time

　　1 1/4 hours

　　Commercial fruit vinegars usually employ cooked fruit, resulting in a heavy, jammy, and not-so-nuanced flavor. We made our vinegar with uncooked berries, so it retains that fresh-from-the-patch essence.

Ingredients

　　1 pound strawberries, trimmed (3 cups)

　　2 tablespoons sugar if berries are not sweet

　　2 cups white balsamic vinegar

　　Pulse berries with sugar (if using) in a food processor until finely chopped and very juicy. Transfer to a bowl and add vinegar. Let stand 1 hour. Strain vinegar thourough a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids.

　　Cooks' note:

　　Vinegar keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.