miniman
Executive Chef
We usually get the cheaper supermarket wines (about £3 a bottle) which are perfectly drinkable and work very well in the food. Often they are the new world wines (South Africa or South America).
Do you use really good wine for cooking?
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I wouldn't consider Aristotle a good source for beverage reviews. Isn't he the guy who drank the hemlock?
Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
I'm not sure where I fit in here! I don't like to drink wine, but I do like certain foods cooked with wine. Cooking does change the flavor of it a little (or I probably wouldn't like it in foods), so I would think that cooking with something a little less costly (if what you drink is expensive) shouldn't make too much of a difference.
Barbara
Barbara
kitchenelf
Chef Extraordinaire
Boxed wines are the "bomb" to cook with. No air gets to the wine so they last for MANY months. I just keep them in a cupboard beside my stove and use them at will. They are the perfect wine to cook with IMHO.
jeninga75
Sous Chef
This is a discussion about cooking with wine so instead of starting a new thread, just thought I'd ask my question here. I would like to try a recipe that calls for "dry white wine." I have no clue what this means. I cant stand the taste of wine so I know nothing about it. I have never cooked with it so I'm willing to try that. I don't want this recipe to fail because I left it out just because I dont like to drink it.
So what is an example of this. I'd prefer to spend as little amount of money as possible as I will never drink it. I will keep it though in case another recipe I want to try calls for it. Thanks in advance.
So what is an example of this. I'd prefer to spend as little amount of money as possible as I will never drink it. I will keep it though in case another recipe I want to try calls for it. Thanks in advance.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Dry wine just means not sweet. Look for chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio. In some super markets, you can buy little bottles that are about 10 ounces. Another is dry vermouth. Sometimes you cna get vermouth in Nips. Bottles that are just enough for one drink.
ChefJune
Master Chef
Julia Child always used dry Vermouth instead of white wine for two reasons:
1. the vermouth has a lot of lovely herbs mixed in it already;
2. vermouth keeps quite a while after opening, so you don't really have much worry about its going bad;
(oops, 3.) you could always use it in a Martini!
actually, there IS a difference in vermouths. Julia preferred Noilly Prat. so do I. Get that one if you can find it. I buy the biggest bottle I can find so I always have it on hand.
Maverick2272
Washing Up
Great idea Kitchenelf!
Love the Hunter Green cabinets as well
Love the Hunter Green cabinets as well
jeninga75
Sous Chef
Thanks guys! I do remember seeing little mini bottles of wine in one of the fancier little markets we have here. About twice the size of those liquor airline bottles. I'm gonna see if I can get one of vermouth (that's wine? I thought it was liquor like vodka or gin ) try the recipe and if I like it I'll get a bigger bottle to have. And ChefJune, how long is quite a while. A year? More than that?
) try the recipe and if I like it I'll get a bigger bottle to have. And ChefJune, how long is quite a while. A year? More than that?
kitchenelf
Chef Extraordinaire
Thanks guys! I do remember seeing little mini bottles of wine in one of the fancier little markets we have here. About twice the size of those liquor airline bottles. I'm gonna see if I can get one of vermouth (that's wine? I thought it was liquor like vodka or gin
Yes, it will last a year or more with no problem! And you don't need to refrigerate it either. Vermouth is fortified wine - a bit different than regular wine. Fortified wines have been flavored with brandy and some have been flavored with spices, roots, herbs, such as Vermouth, and quite perfect for cooking!
ChefJune
Master Chef
Thanks guys! I do remember seeing little mini bottles of wine in one of the fancier little markets we have here. About twice the size of those liquor airline bottles. I'm gonna see if I can get one of vermouth (that's wine? I thought it was liquor like vodka or gin
Just be careful you don't buy anything that is labeled "cooking wine." That stuff is inferior wine that's loaded up with salt! You are paying top dollar for something that otherwise would be flushed down the toilet.
I don't know for certain how long vermouth will keep in your liquor closet, because mine gets such a workout that it doesn't usually last more than a couple of months (and that's the 1.5 liter bottle!)
jeninga 75 et all,
I have a couple of vermouth bottles that have been stored for more than a year.
I was curious and tasted it today, the stuff it is just fine. Same goes for similar liquors such as Pernod, Jaggermeister, etc. (I guess they are all variations of the same idea)
I don't use wine-in-a-box. If I do, my parents would take my name off from their will LOL
I have a couple of vermouth bottles that have been stored for more than a year.
I was curious and tasted it today, the stuff it is just fine. Same goes for similar liquors such as Pernod, Jaggermeister, etc. (I guess they are all variations of the same idea)
I don't use wine-in-a-box. If I do, my parents would take my name off from their will LOL
kitchenelf
Chef Extraordinaire
I am fairly passionate about the wine I drink and don't want to unload a cup of it into whatever I am cooking. And that's not saying I pay a lot per bottle (it helps that I get it at cost though) but I'm still not unloading into my food...oh wait...there was that time I opened a $100 bottle of port and used it in a recipe
- ok - that blows that theory... Wine in a box is GREAT wine to cook with!
plumies
Senior Cook
I will definitely have to remember about boxed wine next time, thank you! I like to keep Vermouth and Marsala wine on hand for cooking. They hold up really well. I recently added a bottle of Madeira wine but I'm thinking maybe that's redundant to the Marsala?
