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Chive Flower Vinegar, and Chive Vinaigrette

A dish of chive vinaigrette with chive oil and chive flower vinegar.
A chive vinaigrette made with chive oil and chive flower vinegar.

For the few weeks they are in bloom, I put chive blossoms on everything. Even so, I struggle to use them all before they go to seed and cast their thousand black specks across the yard like confetti. They have to be picked before this time or my entire yard would be chives.

One year I tried drying the flowers to use through the winter. I had recently had a lamb tartare that was garnished with dried onion blossoms. The meat was good but what I really took away from that dish was the dried onion blossoms. I thought, “Wow! These are fantastic! Really beautiful and flavourful. I can … Continue reading.