2 cups fresh sweet basil leaves
1 quart red wine vinegar
Strip basil leaves from stalks and pack into a wide mouth quart jar. Heat the vinegar to the boiling point, then pour it into the jar. Cover and let stand in a cool place, out of the sun, for 10 days to 2 weeks. Strain into bottles. Drop one or two fresh basil stalks into each bottle (for decoration), then stop with cork.