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The first time I ever had thick, sour sweet balsamic reduction was at a French caf\u00e9 in Central California. I dunked my bread into the impossibly dense balsamic vinegar, and watched as it clung to the baguette in sticky pools. It was unlike any bread, oil & vinegar experience I\u2019d had in the past, and I was amazed at what could happen when balsamic vinegar was cooked down until it was a sticky sauce, the texture of maple syrup.<\/p>\n
After that experience, I decided to try my hand at making balsamic reduction at home. I got out my trusty skillet and a ten dollar bottle of balsamic vinegar and watched as the vinegar reduced and reduced and reduced until there wasn\u2019t a whole lot there. My husband came home from work and asked, \u201cWhy does the house smell like vinegar?\u201d And oh, yeah, I ended up burning the vinegar. So the experiment was a flop all around.<\/p>\n
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Sometime after that I was sent this balsamic glaze from Mandarano<\/a>, and it totally took me back to that evening at the caf\u00e9 in California. Straight from the bottle the reduction can be squeezed into a bowl for dipping with a crusty baguette, or it can be drizzled over a cherry and strawberry bruschetta as shown above. (I used the Summertime Cherry-Basil Bruschetta recipe from The Oh She Glows Cookbook<\/a> and just skipped the step of making a balsamic reduction from scratch.)<\/p>\n Related: 5 Beauty Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar<\/a>, Apple Cider Vinegar Benefits<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The shelf stable glaze lasts and lasts in the cupboard, and since it packs a wallop of flavor, I only have to use a small amount each time. Plus, a drizzle across a plate of roasted vegetables or fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes amps up a simple dish and makes it look (and taste) like something a lot more elaborate.<\/p>\n Mandarano Balsamic Glaze & Sauce can be purchased on their website, balsamicsauce.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Disclosure: \u00a0I received this balsamic glaze for review, but the thoughts and opinions are totally my own.<\/em><\/p>\n Image credit: Photos by Cadry Nelson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first time I ever had thick, sour sweet balsamic reduction was at a French caf\u00e9 in Central California. I dunked my bread into the impossibly dense balsamic vinegar, and watched as it clung to the baguette in sticky pools. It was unlike any bread, oil & vinegar experience I\u2019d had in the past, and […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-09-19T16:30:41Z","apple_news_api_id":"404ffef4-9538-46e2-a5ab-f639c44de570","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-09-19T16:30:42Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQE_-9JU4RuKlq_Y5xE3lcA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[84],"tags":[8398,8402,8401,5696,8400,83,316,2810,8399],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-03-at-11.34.51-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}