Effect of wine used for deglazing on dish
What wine should be used for deglazing, e.g. a tomato sauce?
Will certain aspects of the flavor (e.g. fruity, dry) be noticeable in the finished dish or is it just for the 'general' wine taste?
Can I use a wine that has been opened a few days ago or is it better to use a new bottle?
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Unless the recipe calls for a fortified or sweet wine (e.g. madeira, sherry) use a dry or very dry wine, usually white, but not always. You can easily ruin a dish using a sweeter wine, as I once did with risotto.
Whether or not the flavor of the wine comes through depends entirely on the wine used and the quantity. If the recipe calls for a cup of wine, then you will probably notice it in the final dish. If used just to deglaze a pan, then you probably won't notice it at all.
Old wine is fine as long as it's palatable and/or hasn't soured. Beer works great as well.
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In some dishes, wine serves as a background characteristic, like when it's used to deglaze a pan and pull up all the caramelized goodies at the bottom. The acidity of wine is unparalleled at getting every last bit of flavor out of the pan. In other dishes, it can work as an essential flavor.What does deglazing with wine do?
Deglazing is a cooking technique that involves adding liquid (such as stock or wine) to a pan to loosen the food particles attached to the bottom from cooking or searing.Why does wine deglaze a pan?
Wine is a classic for deglazing because it adds a wonderful flavor to pan sauces for steaks and red meats. If you are making a soup or stew that will include broth or stock, you can simply deglaze with a small amount of it.Why is alcohol used for deglazing?
When you deglaze a pan with wine after searing a steak, not only are you capturing the deliciously browned proteins stuck to the bottom of the pan, but you're also dissolving them in alcohol, which carries additional flavor to the sauce.What is the purpose of using wine in cooking?
One of the main reasons to cook with wine is to add acidity to a dish, which in turn brings out other flavors. But because wine also contains alcohol, you usually add it at the start of cooking so the alcohol has a chance to burn off.Deglazing With Wine
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I'm not sure what you mean by deglazing a tomato sauce. Are you making a tomato sauce from the deglazing? It's worth looking at what deglazing is and why you do it.
Normally you would deglaze a pan for two reasons. First, to recapture all the flavour from whatever you were cooking in the pan that has become burnt or caramelised or all the meat juices that have escaped. Second, to produce a sauce from that flavour.
What wine you choose to deglaze with (and it doesn't have to be wine, it can be stock, marinade, even water) is wholly dependant on what you've cooked in the pan and what sauce you intend to make with it. The lighter more delicately flavoured meats such as chicken, turkey, pork, rabbit etc. tend to work better with white wine. Darker, more flavoured red meats such as lamb, beef, venison, boar etc tend to work better with red wine. This is a general guide, there's always exceptions.
A couple of points to remember when deglazing with wine –
Sweet wine contains sugars and will contribute a sweet flavour to your sauce. Dry white wine is generally a better multi-purpose white wine to use when deglazing for sauces.
In the same way that oil is a good carrier of spice flavour, the small amount of alchohol left over after deglazing and reduction is a good carrier of flavour.
You must bring the wine deglazing to a boil and then a simmer/reduction for a good 10 to 15 minutes to remove most of the alchohol content. Too much alchohol left in deglazed sauces overwhelm the subtle flavours you've tried to recapture by deglazing.
I certainly wouldn't open a new bottle of wine to deglaze with. I deliberately keep old bottles of wine with a few inches left in the bottom for precisely this purpose. I've never noticed any difference at all between using fresh and old wine for deglazing.
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