hello and welcome back to the colorful food Channel I'm Anna and today I want to show you how to make my favorite balsamic vinegar reduction yes it is quite simple it's literally one ingredient just about sumit vinegar of good quality that you've enjoyed this will take you approximately 12 to 15 minutes as it has to reduce it takes its time and you have to closure before you start make sure you turn on the ceiling fans open the windows do what you got to do because the reduction will evaporate smell will take over your whole house it's not necessarily unpleasant but I'll demand a lot of your attention if you follow me you know I'm obsessed about stomach reduction I add it to my salads to my fish to my veggies to my sandwiches my cheese to my pizza to my flat right and I can go on and on so that's the reason why I decided to teach you guys how I make it let's go or one cup of balsamic vinegar and a measuring cup and add it to a saucepan set the heat to medium and watch the initial evaporation process begin you basically wanted to do this about 12 to 15 minutes in every couple of minutes you come and watch it to see what it's doing make sure it's not burning since we like how it's starting to cook the back of the pan like that it's not quite where we want it to be yet but it's slowly getting there and at some point at the end of the 15 minutes approximately you will achieve the appropriate thickness you see when it coats your spoon allow it to cool for a couple of minutes and transfer it to an airtight container that can be refrigerated and after a few hours of refrigeration it's perfect to serve you can drizzle it it's just a beautiful velvety consistency now that you realize how easy it is to make your own balsamic reduction right at home I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoy making it if you would like the written directions for this recipe as usual click the link below it'll take you directly to it on colorful food EECOM I hope you use it time and time again don't forget to give us a like and subscribe to the channel as well as to colorful foodie down follow me on Instagram it's colorful foodie and don't forget to keep the colorful