Best balsamic vinegar recipes
Balsamic vinegar hails from the province of Modena in Northern Italy. It’s incredibly versatile. It’s aged in a barrel, and each bottle varies in sweetness and thickness. Use it to level up roasted veg, pimp roast potatoes, stir through a risotto or even give it a whirl in a dessert.
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Recipes that will make you excited for autumn
Beef carpaccio salad with fresh figs
This simple but mighty beef carpaccio salad makes the most of sweet ripe figs, and it looks really special on the table.
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Crostini
Goat’s cheese and chicory crostini with balsamic pickled shallots
A perfect nibble to have with champagne, these goat's cheese crostini are easy to make ahead so all you have to do – when guests arrive – is assemble them.
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Risottos
Caramelised onion risotto with ale and balsamic vinegar
The deep, warming flavours of the ale brings a hearty richness to this vegetarian caramelised onion risotto. It's bound to go down a treat!
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Roast potatoes
Roast potatoes with polenta, balsamic and thyme
You can make these crispy roast potatoes ahead so that, when the meat has cooked, you can pop the potatoes in the oven while the meat rests.
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Carrots
Balsamic and brown sugar roast carrots and parsnips
If you're looking for something a bit different to serve with your roast, try these balsamic roast carrots and parsnips - it's bursting with sweet flavour.
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Stews, casseroles, pot-roasts and slow-roasts
Sticky glazed balsamic onions with sausages
The sweetest caramelised onions come to those who wait – be patient when making this sticky sausage and balsamic onion dish. The results will be worth it.
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Butter beans
Crisp and sticky kale and butter beans with balsamic vinegar
This hearty, textured winter side dish combines sticky balsamic kale with fluffy butter beans. Enjoy as a side or simply as a healthy vegan lunch!
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Healthy vegetarian
Roasted onion and balsamic root vegetables with puy lentils
This delicious and simple lentil and roasted vegetable dish makes a healthy and satisfying vegetarian evening meal. Make extra for lunch the next day!
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Vegan dinners
Vegan spaghetti bolognese
This speedy vegan version of spag bol is made by blitzing and browning quality plant-based sausages. It's ready by the time the pasta cooks!
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Figs
Baked figs with blue cheese and balsamic
A simple starter consisting of sweet figs wrapped in salty parma ham, topped with blue cheese and balsamic and then baked until gorgeously sticky.
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Best sausage casseroles
Bloody mary sausage casserole
Love a sausage casserole? Here's one with a festive twist, using a spicy tomato mix. It serves six, and you can make it well in advance of Christmas.
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Strawberries
Burrata with balsamic strawberries
A five-minute and five-ingredient starter recipe made with gorgeously creamy burrata cheese and sweet summer strawberries.
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Favourite lamb
Lamb cutlets with cannellini beans and balsamic-roasted carrots
Italian chef Francesco Mazzei shares his recipe for lamb cutlets, served with a fresh herby sauce, that's perfect for a family gathering or dinner party.
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Vegan dinners
Shallot tarte tatin
Sweet shallots are caramelised in brown sugar, balsamic vinegar and brandy until gorgeously sticky in Gaz Oakley's vegan tarte tatin.
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Pizzas
Roast grape, balsamic and radicchio spelt pizzas
This recipe for spelt pizzas uses wholemeal spelt flour for a filling and nutritious base and is topped with a mix of ricotta and mozzarella.
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Gorgonzola
Balsamic radicchio, blue cheese and hazelnut cavatappi
This extra special pasta recipe only takes 20 minutes to make but has all the wow-factor and indulgence of a dish you'd expect to find on a restaurant menu.
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