Using Wine For Cooking-The Basics

By Juliette Johnson


There are a lot of people who love drinking wine. There are also those who love collecting them and storing them in their own home custom wine cellar. It's no wonder people love wine. Wine is a fantastic beverage. It can turn a simple occasion into a special gathering. Discover other ways you can use wine by reading through this article.

Wine can be useful in the kitchen. It can be used as a marinade ingredient, an ingredient for a recipe, or a flavoring for a dish. Wine is distinctly able to intensify and enhance the flavor and aroma of many dishes. But you have to be careful in your use of wine in cooking because too much can make your dish taste undesirable. You must use the right amount in order to enhance or accent the flavor of food and not overpower it or worse, ruin its taste completely.

Wine contains alcohol but since alcohol evaporates quickly, the true flavor of wine remains when you cook it. Boiling wine will even concentrate its flavor more. Boiling wine will also increase its sweetness and its level of acidity.

It is best if wine is added to a dish during the cooking process and not right before it is served. Wine needs to be cooked in order to remove the harshness in its flavor. The dish will taste a bit harsh if you put in the wine just before it is served. Moreover, when you add wine to a dish, allow it to simmer with the food or with the sauce. If you want to add more wine, wait at least 10 minutes and taste the food first before adding more wine to it.

You have to keep in mind that not all recipes taste good with wine. To find out which dishes taste well with wine, try experimenting on your recipes. Also, keep in mind that it's not good to have more than one wine-based sauce or dish in a single meal.

Explore what good things wine can do to your regular recipes. Once you find out which dishes taste good with wine, you'll be amazed at how an ordinary recipe can turn extraordinary. Then you'll be able to enjoy wine not only when you drink it but also when you use it for cooking.




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