| Wine can be an essential ingredient. It can | | | | recipes do not call for a lot of wine, so there |
| enhance the meal, not only by drinking it with the | | | | would not be very much alcohol in the first place. |
| meal, but as an integral part of the food itself. | | | | Even if you don't drink wine for personal reasons, |
| The French cooking sauces, beurre rouge, and | | | | then you should be safe using it for cooking. |
| beurre blanc both contain wine. Both French and | | | | What if I put too much wine in my dishes? |
| Chinese cooking make use of wine as an | | | | Don't put too much wine in. If you're using a |
| ingredient, as well as many other types of | | | | recipe, just follow the recipe, and don't add more |
| cooking. Wine can be used as an ingredient in | | | | wine than it calls for. If you think the recipe calls |
| sauces, soups, marinades, and more. It combines | | | | for too much wine, then you can simply use a |
| well with other flavors and ingredients, such as | | | | little bit less wine. If you're experimenting with |
| vinegar, fish paste, soy sauce, and many others. | | | | your own recipes, start with a little bit of wine, |
| There are questions that people have in cooking | | | | and add more as needed. Add a little bit of wine |
| with wine. You yourself may be tentative about | | | | at first, and let the recipe cook. Taste it, and |
| using wine in your cooking. Well, here are some | | | | decide if it needs more wine. If so, then add |
| answers to some common questions about | | | | some, if not, then don't. If there is not enough |
| cooking with wine. | | | | wine in a recipe, you can always add more. If |
| Is the cooking affected by the wine quality? | | | | there is too much, you can't remove it. |
| The quality of the cooking is definitely affected | | | | Is there a difference between cooking wine and |
| by the quality of wine. Cooking with wine, tends | | | | regular wine? |
| to concentrate the flavor, since the alcohol | | | | Yes, there is a difference. Cooking wine contains |
| evaporates out, leaving the flavors. You'll want to | | | | salt and chemicals that make it okay for cooking, |
| use a good quality wine, but you also shouldn't | | | | but not for drinking. Some recipes call for cooking |
| spend $100 for a bottle of wine for cooking. You | | | | wine. In this case, go ahead and use it. For the |
| can find some good wines for under $20 that will | | | | most part however, you should use regular wine. |
| work just fine for cooking. In general, you don't | | | | As stated above, you shouldn't cook with a wine |
| want to cook with a wine that you wouldn't drink. | | | | that you wouldn't drink. In most cases, regular |
| What about the alcohol content of the wine? | | | | wine will work much better than cooking wines |
| Most but not all of the alcohol will evaporate | | | | for your recipes. |
| during the cooking process. Since alcohol | | | | If you just follow these simple tips, you'll be able |
| evaporates at 172 degrees F., most if not all of | | | | to enhance your soups, sauces, marinades, and |
| the alcohol will be gone by the time the food is | | | | other recipes with the proper use of wine. |
| done cooking. Also keep in mind, that most | | | | |