Pickled Grape Salad Dressing

This is a delicious fresh salad dressing that will add zing to almost any salad. Try it on a salad of baby spinach and a handful of fresh grapes; add some ricotta or goats cheese as a creamy component. Store the leftover in a jar in the refrigerator.

125ml red wine vinegar

30ml sugar

2 star anise

2,5ml fennel seeds, ground

10ml salt

250ml seedless black grapes, halved

30ml olive oil

Add all the ingredients to a jar and screw on the lid. Shake the dressing until all the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is well blended.

Allow to stand and develop flavours for two hours.

Dress a salad and store the leftover dressing in the refrigerator.