You could, but I wouldn't unless your going after a whole new taste treat. I would not recommend using balsamic vinegar, unless it was white balsamic known as condimente in some circles
pickel juice....or vinegar and balsamic vinegar.
no, balsamic vinegar is made from unfermented grape juice, called must.
It depends on the dish. However I use White Balsamic Vinegar as a substitute for Lemon juice in salads.
You cannot usually substitute balsamic vinegar for cider vinegar. The flavor profiles are quite different. However the chemical properties are similar, so the actual answer depends on the particular situation.
Yes, but it depends on the recipe: cider vinegar has a sweetness to it (like apples), whereas balsamic vinegar has a really strong, tannic taste (like a heavy red wine). If you don't have cider vinegar, but you think balsamic would taste too strong, use lemon juice, plain vinegar, orange juice, dry white wine, etc. If you aren't baking with the vinegar, then you can also opt to omit it.
Balsamic vinegar is made from grape pressings which have not been made into wine. It is aged in barrels similar to wine. It is generally very deep burgundy and slightly sweet and syrupy, depending how long it has been aged. Other vinegars such as white wine or rice wine vinegar are made from wine in a controlled process. The sugar in the mixture becomes alcohol and the alcohol becomes acetic acid in order to produce vinegar.
You can, but it takes time. A synopsis of the process follows: Get some grapes, crush them good, boil the mess, filter out the juice and put in a wooden cask, put the cask on its side in an unheated shed, move the juice to a smaller cask each year, and continue for 20 years. 80 gallons of grape juice will evaporate down to about 80 ounces of balsamic vinegar in that time.
Any acid, such as lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, or rice wine vinegar.
white balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, raspberry vinegar, rice wine vinegar, white wine, lemon juice & water mixture, just to name a few.
You could if you don't mind the fact that it tastes entirely different. Balsamic vinegar is actually made from boiled white grape juice, aged for years in a series of casks of different kinds of wood. It doesn't taste much at all like a combination of red wine and distilled vinegar.
True balsamic vinegar is made from a reduction of syrup from sweet wine grapes, called "Mosto Cotto" in Italian.
No. Balsamic Vinegar doesn't contain salt.It is very dark brown in color and its flavor is rich, sweet, and complex, with the finest grades being the product of years of aging in a successive number of casks made of various types of wood (ie. oak, mulberry, chestnut, cherry, juniper, ash, and acacia). Originally it was a product available only to the Italian upper classes, a cheaper form of balsamic vinegar became widely known and available around the world in the late twentieth century. True balsamic vinegar is aged for 12 to 25 years. Balsamic vinegar's that have been aged for up to 100 years are available, though they are usually very expensive. The commercial balsamic sold in supermarkets is typically made with red wine vinegar or concentrated grape juice mixed with a strong vinegar, which is laced with caramel and sugar. Regardless of how it is produced, balsamic vinegar must be made from a grape product.