Best Serrano Vinegar Recipes

PAN-FRIED RAINBOW TROUT WITH PECANS AND BROWN BUTTER AND SWISS CHARD WITH SERRANO CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Place rice flour in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper. Mix eggs and milk in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Place cornmeal in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Open up and cut the trout, diagonally, into 2 fillets. Season both the flesh and skin sides of the fillet with salt and pepper, to taste, and then dip each fillet into rice flour, then egg mixture, then cornmeal. Repeat with remaining trout.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet until almost smoking. Saute 4 fillets at a time until golden brown on both sides. Repeat with the remaining oil. Transfer to a large baking sheet and repeat with the remaining 2 trout. Place in the oven and bake for 5 to 6 minutes until just cooked through.
• Zest and juice both lemons, separately reserving the zest and the juice. Set aside.
• While the trout is baking, melt the butter in a nonstick saute pan over medium-high heat. Watching carefully and lowering the heat if necessary, allow the butter to foam and turn golden brown. Immediately add the lemon juice, zest and salt and pepper, to taste.
• While the butter is still foaming, add the pecans and parsley. Do not allow the butter to burn or it will be unusable.
• Place 2 fillets on each of 4 dinner plates and pour the Pecan-Brown Butter over the top. Serve alongside the Sauteed Swiss Chard with Red Onion and Serrano Chile Vinegar.
• Tear Swiss chard leaves from thick white stalks, discard the stalks and coarsely chop leaves, set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and fat as rendered. Remove bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the onions and cook in the rendered fat until soft. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the Swiss chard, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat the leaves in the fat. Cook until the leaves have completely wilted. Add the bacon back to the pan. Add the vinegar and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve with additional vinegar on the side.
• Bring chiles, vinegar, and a teaspoon of salt to a boil in a medium nonreactive saucepan. Remove from heat, pour into a bowl, cover and let steep for at least 2 hours or overnight at room temperature. Strain through a fine strainer into a bowl or glass jar.

BEER BATTER FISH AND SPICY CHIPS WITH LEMON-HABANERO TARTAR SAUCE AND SERRANO VINEGAR

Steps:

• Preheat a deep-fryer or a deep pot filled halfway with oil to 375 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and beer in a large bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes. Fold in the eggs. Batter should be thin.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Season the fish with salt and pepper. Dredge fish in the additional flour, tap off the excess, and then dip the fish in the batter to coat. Fry in batches until golden brown on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Serve with Serrano Vinegar drizzled over top, Spicy Chips on the side, and Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce for dipping.
• Bring vinegar to a simmer in small saucepan. Add the chiles and salt, remove from the heat, and transfer to a glass bottle or jar. Let sit at room temperature for at least 8 hours. Strain.
• Place the potato slices in a bowl of cold water. Let stand 15 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Heat enough oil to come 4 inches up the sides of a large deep saucepan to 370 degrees F.
• Mix together the salt, ancho powder, and chile de arbol powder together in a bowl.
• Add the potatoes to the hot oil in batches and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and immediately season each batch with some of the spice mixture and some of the chopped cilantro. Serve hot.
• Bring the lemon juice to a boil over high heat in a small saucepan and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Let cool.
• Combine about 2 tablespoons of the cooled reduced lemon juice, mayonnaise, anchovies, habanero, cornichons, and capers in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add more lemon juice, to taste, if desired. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

LAMB SHANKS WITH SWEET POTATO RISOTTO AND SERRANO VINEGAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season shanks on both sides with salt and pepper, to taste. Heat oil in a large rondeau until almost smoking. Add shanks and sear on both sides until golden brown. Remove shanks to a plate.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, and thyme to the pan, season with salt and pepper and cook until the vegetables are golden brown. Return the lamb to the pan, add the wine, and cook until completely reduced. Add stock to cover and bring to a boil. Cover and place in the oven. Cook for approximately 2 1/2 hours or until the meat is very tender.
• Strain sauce through a fine strainer into a medium saucepan. Add the serrano, sugar, and vinegar and cook until reduced by 1/2. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve with Sweet Potato Risotto with Roasted Chanterelles.
• Place water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Heat oil and butter in a medium high-sided saute pan. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook until soft. Add rice and toss to coat in the mixture. Add wine and cook until completely reduced. Add 2 cups of the boiling water and cook until absorbed. Continue adding 1 cup of water at a time and cook, stirring often, until all liquid is absorbed. Repeat until rice is al dente.
• Stir in the sweet potato and mix until combined. Add the butter and Parmesan, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Fold in the pine nuts and reserved chanterelles, and scrape the mixture into a bowl. Drizzle with the balsamic glaze and the white truffle oil.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place mushrooms in a medium baking pan, toss with oil and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Roast until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

SAUTEED SWISS CHARD WITH RED ONION AND SERRANO CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Tear Swiss chard leaves from thick white stalks; discard the stalks and coarsely chop leaves.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and fat has rendered. Remove bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the onions and cook in the rendered fat until soft. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the Swiss chard leaves, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat the leaves. Cook until the leaves have completely wilted. Add the bacon back to the pan. Add the Serrano Chile Vinegar and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve with additional vinegar on the side.
• Using a paring knife, make a small slit in each chile and place in a pint-sized jar or bottle with a shaker top.
• Bring vinegar and salt, to taste, to a boil and cook until salt has completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Pour vinegar over chiles, cover and let sit at room temperature for at least 2 days.

SWISS CHARD WITH SERRANO CHILE VINEGAR 2

Steps:

• Tear the Swiss chard leaves from the thick white stalks. Discard the stalks, coarsely chop leaves and set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and the fat has rendered. Remove the bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the onions and cook in the rendered fat until soft. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute.
• Add the Swiss chard, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat the leaves in the fat. Cook until the leaves have completely wilted. Add the bacon back to the pan and toss to combine. Add the Serrano Chile Vinegar and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve with additional vinegar on the side.
• Bring the chiles, vinegar and a teaspoon of salt to a boil in a medium nonreactive saucepan. Remove from the heat, pour into a bowl, cover and let steep at room temperature. Cool in the refrigerator. Strain through a fine strainer into a bowl or glass jar.

SWISS CHARD WITH SERRANO CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Tear Swiss chard leaves from thick white stalks, discard the stalks and coarsely chop leaves, set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and fat as rendered. Remove bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the onions and cook in the rendered fat until soft. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute.
• Add the Swiss chard, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat the leaves in the fat. Cook until the leaves have completely wilted. Add the bacon back to the pan. Add the vinegar and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve with additional vinegar on the side.
• Serrano Chile Vinegar:
• 4 serrano chiles, coarsely chopped
• 2 cups white wine vinegar
• Kosher salt
• Bring chiles, vinegar, and a teaspoon of salt to a boil in a medium non-reactive saucepan. Remove from heat, pour into a bowl, cover and let steep for at least 2 hours or overnight at room temperature. Strain through a fine strainer into a bowl or glass jar.

SERRANO VINEGAR

Steps:

• Bring the vinegar to a simmer in a small saucepan. Add the chiles and salt, remove from the heat, and transfer to a glass bottle or jar. Let sit at room temperature for 8 hours before refrigerating.