Recipes with vinegar

Apple raspberry pie with a flaky lard crust, Granny Smith apples, fresh raspberries, cinnamon, and warm spices. The lard crust freezing method creates shatteringly tender layers.

Marinated mushroom salad in a tangy mustard-herb vinaigrette with white wine vinegar, parsley, and chives. A French-style cold appetizer that improves after hours of marinating in the fridge.

Belgian carbonnade braises beef chuck and smoked ham in dark beer with onions, carrots, and herbs, finished with scotch, vinegar, and toasted walnuts. Deep stew flavor in every spoonful.

Zampone with potatoes and balsamic mustard vinaigrette serves the classic Modenese stuffed pig's trotter sausage over butter-braised potatoes with a tangy chive vinaigrette. A traditional Italian New Year's feast.

Chinese clay pot salmon with cloud ear mushrooms, bean thread noodles, and pressed tofu in a gingery chicken broth. Elegant Cantonese-style fish dish with delicate aromatics and a silky sesame finish.

Sweet and sour chicken with pineapple, bell pepper, and brown sugar-vinegar sauce. Two methods included: slow cooker (8-10 hours) or oven (2 hours). Serve over rice.

Smoked and grilled pompano with a raw smoked-tomato and balsamic vinaigrette. A two-stage seafood main that builds wood smoke into the fish and a bright tomato dressing.

Beef stew braised in cranberry chutney with raisins, walnuts, honey, and warm spices. Stewing beef slow-simmered until the tart cranberries melt into a rich, fruity sauce.

Turkey and cheese sandwich on whole grain bread stacked with avocado, smoked Monterey Jack, alfalfa sprouts, radishes, and tomato, dressed lightly with olive oil and white wine vinegar.

Chinese sizzling sweet and sour seafood with shrimp, scallops, and vegetables in a tangy sauce poured over deep-fried rice cakes for a dramatic tableside sizzle.

Potato crepes topped with stir-fried scallops, salmon, and asparagus in a ginger-soy sauce. A restaurant-quality Asian-fusion dish for two with wok technique.

Calico salad is a colorful three-bean salad with kidney beans, green beans, and wax beans in a sweet vinegar dressing with chopped green pepper and onion.

Tri-pasta salad combines ziti, bow-tie, and spinach rotini with tri-color peppers, olives, and capers in a no-oil herbed red wine vinaigrette. Colorful, tangy, and low-fat for picnics and potlucks.

Duck pot pie with the flavors of duck a l'orange baked right in: a giblet stock sauce brightened with orange peel and Triple Sec, loaded with broccoli, leeks, and ginger. The crispy duck skin gets rolled into the top crust.

Zucchini quiche with a flaky crescent roll crust, sauteed zucchini and onion, mozzarella, and a balsamic-vinegar twist. A weeknight quiche shortcut that uses egg substitute for a lighter brunch.

Canned green tomato pie filling with Granny Smith apples, dark and white raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. A boiling-water canner recipe for preserving the fall harvest.