Lucini balsamic vinegar, a NIBBLE favorite,
is available at Amazon.com. Photo by
B.A. Van Sise.
THE NIBBLE pantry has a dozen different types of vinegar, from the basics—balsamic, champagne, cider, sherry and wine vinegars—to rice vinegar and our favorite flavor-infused vinegars (we have almost everything from Boyajian).
But what if a recipe calls for a type of vinegar that you don’t have on hand—and you can’t run out to buy it?
How To Repair Food, a book we love, advises that you can substitute another vinegar (although the dish will taste a bit different). Here are the substitutions:
Apple Cider Vinegar Substitute: distilled white vinegar for pickling, any wine vinegar otherwise
Balsamic Vinegar Substitute: red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar plus a pinch of sugar
Red Wine Vinegar Substitute: white wine vinegar
White Wine Vinegar Substitute: red wine vinegar
If you’re totally out of vinegar, use twice as much lemon juice as the required amount of vinegar.