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- Y'all, I'm fixing to make y'all some summertime
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if you're going out on the boat,
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you can put this in the cooler
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and have it just ready to eat
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or buy the pool or just by yourself.
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But with the hot weather, this, this will be just
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All right, now what I'm doing is I'm measuring out
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one half cup of balsamic vinegar
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and I'm gonna make a reduction
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of this and it'll become like a balsamic syrup.
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All right, that's a half a cup of
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balsamic and two tablespoons of sugar.
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So you're gonna need a real small sauce pan for this
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and I got about the smallest one.
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Somebody's calling us.
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All right, so we're gonna cook this over medium high heat
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for six, seven, eight, nine minutes.
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What we want it to do, y'all, is reduce by half.
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And the only way you can get that to happen is cook it.
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Cook it down and you'll wanna stir this frequently
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until the sugar is well dissolved.
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And like I said, it's reduced by half.
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And like I said, it'll maybe take about 10 minutes.
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But if you do not want
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to make your balsamic glaze, you can buy it
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at the grocery store already done.
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But I just wanted to share with y'all how simple it is
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to make that balsamic reduction.
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It's, it's good. It's really good.
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But this is my favorite.
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so we get- - [Theresa] It's the hardest
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- Yep, this is the hardest part right here.
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But we're gonna, we're making this to drizzle over
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skewers that have watermelon, cheese,
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- [Theresa] Strawberries.
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I couldn't remember what all.
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But just a perfect summertime snack.
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And if you're got children that you're feeding,
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they might like the balsamic syrup or they might not.
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So you, you want to put your balsamic syrup on them
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as you're getting ready to eat them.
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You don't want to do it ahead of time.
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So look at our balsamic that we reduced.
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but I'm going to have to wash my hands.
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All right, so I went ahead and did these
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and like I said, this is so simple
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and you know, you can definitely swap your fruits around
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for the ones that you really, really like.
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So start with a watermelon
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and the big ones I just kind of fold over like that
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and then a piece of fresh mozzarella
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and then a strawberry.
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So what kind of fruits do you think y'all would like?
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- [Eddie] Cantaloupe would be good with-
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- Cantaloupe, yes, and honeydew would be delicious,
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All right, another piece of basil.
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No, I think I did right.
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Listen to Lulu snoring.
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So there you go, real easy.
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Now you don't want to, you don't want to dress these
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until you're ready to eat.
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So this is the way I would serve them.
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Kind of something like that with some crackers.
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And like I said, just
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you would have your balsamic vinegar,
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vinegar reduction on your tray so
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those that didn't want it would not have to use it.
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Look how thick this is.
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That is so, so thick, Theresa.
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And I don't think we reduced it by half, maybe we did.
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- [Theresa] It didn't look like it,
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but I don't think you have
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to reduce it as long as you think you do.
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- Mm hmm, I don't think so either.
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So late in the afternoon if you
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and your friends are sitting around having a glass of wine,
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little hors d'oeuvres to
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go along with your glass of wine.
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It's like eating a fruit salad on a stick.
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Y'all enjoy and like I said,
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put it together any way you wanna do it
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because it's all about your tongue.
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