Balsamic vinegar

Also called balsamic

Balsamic vinegar is a vinegar with a woody aroma, and it may be made with caramel. Cooks use it in dressings and marinades and to season dishes.

Category: Condiments & seasonings
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Senegal
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 88 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use balsamic vinegar

Typical ways to cook or use it

Dressing
Marinade
Season

Made from

caramel (sometimes)

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Woody

Nutrition

What 100 g of balsamic vinegar holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 3%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 97%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of balsamic vinegar
Energy	88 kcal · 369 kJ
Protein	0.49 g
Fat	0 g
of which saturated	0 g
Carbohydrate	17 g
of which sugars	15 g
Sodium	23 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of balsamic vinegar: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	112 mg
Calcium	27 mg
Iron	0.72 mg
Magnesium	12 mg
Zinc	0.08 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 172241), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where balsamic vinegar is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses balsamic vinegar. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Senegal 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list balsamic vinegar among their ingredients.

Origins

1046 · Italy
By 1046, balsamic vinegar from Modena was gaining a wider reputation.

On the table

Dishes made with balsamic vinegar

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Thiebou Yapp
Senegal

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include balsamic vinegar.

Family

Related forms

A kind of: vinegar

Around the world

What balsamic vinegar is called

Names in 39 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Aceto balsámico · Aceto balsamico · Vinagre balsámico · Vinagre balsamico
French
vinaigre balsamique · Balsamico
Italian
aceto balsamico
Portuguese
Vinagre balsâmico
German
Aceto balsamico · Balsamessig · Balsamico-Essig · Balsamico
Dutch
balsamico · Balsamicoazijn · Balsamico-azijn
Greek
βαλσάμικο ξίδι
Turkish
Balzamik sirke
Russian
Бальзамический уксус · Бальзамик
Polish
Ocet balsamiczny
Arabic
خل بلسمي · خل البلسميك · خل بلسميك · الخل البلسمي
Persian
سرکه بالزامیک · سرکه بالسامیک · سرکه بالزامیکو

Show all 39 languages

Armenian
բալզամիկ քացախ · բալզամիկ
Basque
modena ozpin · ozpin baltsamiko
Bosnian
Balzamovo sirće
Cantonese
意大利黑醋
Catalan
Vinagre balsàmic · Vinagre de Mòdena
Chinese
香脂醋 · 意大利香醋
Czech
balzamikový ocet · balsamický ocet · balsamico · aceto balsamico
Danish
Balsamicoeddike
Esperanto
Balzamvinagro
Finnish
balsamietikka · balsamico · balsamiviinietikka
Hebrew
חומץ בלסמי · בלסמי
Hungarian
balzsamecet
Ido
Balzam-vinagro
Indonesian
Cuka balsamik
Japanese
バルサミコ酢 · バルサミコス · バルサミコ
Javanese
Cuka balsamic
Korean
발사믹 식초 · 발삼 식초 · 발사믹
Latvian
balzametiķis
Lithuanian
Balzaminis actas
Malay
Cuka balsamik
Norwegian Bokmål
balsamico · balsamicoeddik
Norwegian Nynorsk
balsamico
Simplified Chinese
意大利香醋
Simplified Chinese (China)
意大利香醋
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
意大利香醋
Slovak
Balzamikový ocot
Swedish
balsamvinäger
Traditional Chinese
意大利香醋
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
意大利香醋
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
義大利香醋
Ukrainian
Бальзамічний оцет
Venetian
azeo balsàmego · azéo balsàmego
Welsh
Finegr balsamig · finegr balsamig

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q170037

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