Category "wine"

How Does Wine Enhance Flavor?

In an article - What's Cooking America; How To Cook With Wine - I found that wine has three main uses in the kitchen – as a marinade ingredient, as a cook

Wine reduction sauce a little too rich

I made a wine reduction sauce using a great merlot and some low sodium broth (onions and fond too!). I started by making a roux and then reduced the sauce. It h

Keeping Muscat de Rivesaltes

I've had a bottle of Muscat de Rivesaltes on the shelf for a while but opened it last night for cooking. How should I store the remainder, as I'll be using it r

Does white wine have an expiry date?

A few weeks ago, in a local Tesco store, I bought two carton packs of 2,25 litre white and red dry wine (Lion's Gate). I noticed that the white dry wine packa

How do I identify the fermentation process in a wild ferment?

TL;DR - How do I go about to identify the microbiological processes in a wild ferment? Background I have a recipe for rose hip wine based on wild (spontaneous)

Flambéing wine to cook off alcohol

I was watching Bruno Albouze's video on Beef Bourguignon, and I noticed that in order to get rid of the alcohol, he flambés the wine (https://youtu.be/DP

Safe to cook with alcohol

I want to cook with wine as the recipe I want to make calls for it. However I cannot have any alcohol in me because I have to drive and my country calls for a 0

Can I skim mold off verjus?

I recently bought a bottle of verjus and used a little of it as part of a non-alcoholic cocktail recipe. I assumed that, due to its high acid content, it would

Too much wine used in coq au vin

The NYT coq au vin recipe called for 3 1/2 cups red wine and marinate overnight, then reduce to make the sauce. Husband added an extra 2-3 cups of wine to the

Can I use cream of tartar instead of wine to avoid alcohol in a meat braise or risotto?

I admit it, if I open a bottle of wine to cook with, I am very happy to drink the rest and I need to not do that, but still make my Kümmelfleisch and risot

How should red wine be used in Spaghetti Bolognese?

The classic Spaghetti Bolognese recipe adds red wine right at the beginning to the fried minced beef until its all absorbed with little liquid remaining. In the

How can I increase white wine shelf life specifically bought for cooking?

In the answers to the popular question What defines cooking wine? one common recommendation seems to be to simply use regular wine. However, it seems that wine