SUKANG ILOCO (SANTA MARIA, ILOCOS SUR)

The perfect vinegar to cut the fat of Ilocano longganisa, empanadas, and bagnet. Fresh sugarcane juice is boiled down and fermented in clay jars to create a characteristically astringent, sour vinegar with a distinct molasses flavor. It has a slight pungency, making it an interesting substitute for East Asian wine vinegars. Use it in salads, adobos, relishes, or boil it down with sugar for a sour dessert syrup. Unlike counterparts from Ilocos Norte, this does not contain samak or Macaranga tanarius leaves.