Questions tagged [wine]
Questions covering wine for both cooking and drinking, including selecting appropriate wines
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Was honey in ancient times different than now?
I am trying to reproduce a recipe found in the Roman "cookbook" Apicius, Conditum paradoxum: it is a spiced wine that calls for honey as an ingredient, but it uses a lot (30 % of the volume of the ...
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Can I use cooking sherry instead of red wine in my stew?
So I found some Sherry Cooking Wine ($6 CAD) at my supermarket and I don't want to go and shell out too much money on a real bottle of wine just for a stew, is it possible to use cooking wine like ...
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Can I learn to like wine?
Wine, especially combined with the right food, seems to be a great deal among gourmets. I'd love to enjoy those highly-praised combinations too, but unfortunately, although I'm 22 years old by now, I ...
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What is a substitute for red or white wine in a recipe?
If someone cannot or will not use wine for cooking, what would be a good substitute?
Question applies to both red and white wine.
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What is the difference between expensive wine and regular wine?
It's fairly known at most supermarkets and stores you can get regular, cheap wine. However, at some stores who dedicate themselves solely to liquor and spirits, they sell incredibly expensive wine, ...
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What defines cooking wine?
What makes cooking wines and cooking sake considered only for cooking? My thoughts would be how cooking sake has more spices added to it but I'm not sure for wine.
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Is it safe to cook wine or vinegar in cast iron?
I want to cook a beef brisket, following a recipe that suggests baking it on a bed of onions and red wine, or red wine vinegar. I'd like to use a cast iron dutch oven, but am concerned about the ...
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Is there an acceptable way of cooling red wine?
I've had several occasions by now when a red wine was clearly too warm on a hot day (a young wine with comparatively volatile bouquet and at room temperature that was way above the typically ...
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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 goes bad in a few days. I don't consume ...
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How to get a synthetic cork back in a wine bottle?
The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a synthetic cork, I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, ...
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Can I make risotto without wine?
I want to make risotto without using any alcohol. I am a vegetarian and I want to use vegetarian or mushroom stock only (without any meat).
What is the role of wine in making risotto? Does it help ...
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How long can I store cooking wine?
I made a dish that used a small amount of wine and now I'm wondering how long I can keep the rest of it for next time. I know you wouldn't want to keep good drinking wine around long after opening it,...
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Are there any scientific advantages to using a cork to stop a wine bottle?
Although I am by no means a connoisseur (I don't really even drink it) I have been investigating the various means by which wine bottles are stopped up.
This was prompted by a negative reaction by a ...
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What is the standard amount (if there is one) for a "glass" of wine?
I have seen wine poured to various amounts in a wine glass; what amount is generally considered standard...4 oz, 6 oz, 8 oz?
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Does it matter what type of wine is used to make mulled wine?
I had mulled wine at a French restaurant I went to for dinner last night, and it was a very dry wine - which was interesting, since there was definitely added sugar and the spices are typically ...
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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 cooking liquid, and as a flavoring in a finished ...
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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 risotto.
Wine does affect proteins - pork, beef, ...
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Non-alcoholic substitution for dry white wine in bolognese sauce and other tomato sauces?
What is the purpose of dry white wine in a recipe like bolognese sauce? I need to substitute something non-alcoholic for the wine and while I've found many great lists of possible substitutions, the ...
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How to recognize fizzy wine?
I don't have much theoretical knowledge about wine, but I like the taste. So I often get a random bottle from the wide selection at the supermarket, avoiding only the bottom line of TetraPack wine. I ...
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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?
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I have a recipe for rose hip wine based on wild (spontaneous) fermentation, that I got from a Swedish ...
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When a recipe calls for Wine, does it make a difference what wine to use?
In other words does it make a difference in the event that a recipe calls for a Red wine you use a Merlot, Cabernet, Shiraz ect..?
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Does cooking wine go bad like regular wine?
I bought some cooking wine last week and made a delicious meal with it. I only used half a bottle, so the other half is still in my pantry.
I know that regular wine goes bad after about a day ...
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How can I improve the colour of my red wine mousse?
I've tried making a red wine mousse to go along with a chocolate mousse. My approach was similar to making the chocolate mousse itself, just with a different core ingredient. I heated up red wine, ...
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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 theory, this makes sense to me in enhancing ...
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Are vacuum pump effective to improve wine conservation?
Is there any evidence for (or against) those "Vacuum Wine Saver" pumps (such as "Vacu Vin") that claim to improve the conservation of opened wine bottles?
By evidence, I mean blind tastings or ...
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Does the speed of opening of a bottle of wine influence its flavour?
While having a (good) bootle of wine at a friends place I've been told the following:
The bottle should be uncorked slowly and silently, not to spoil its bouquet.
This statement came as something ...
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Wine selection when dining on horse meat?
I know there is a lot of received wisdom about what sorts of wines to pair with, say, beef or fish or chicken, though I couldn't quote any of it off the top of my own head, as I am the furthest thing ...
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What can I do with leftover wine?
We don't really drink wine in our house, so we only ever buy a bottle for cooking. Typically whatever meal we have made requires ~1/2 bottle.
How can I incorporate the rest of this wine into some ...
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Can you replace red wine with apera/sherry in a ragout sauce for lasagne?
I am trying to make this lasagne recipe.
I have apera¹ in my pantry, which I bought to make stroganoff. Can I use this in place of red wine in the recipe? It may be sacrilegious, but I do not want to ...
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Wondering if the bottle of wine I have is still good or not
During my move to a new place, I found a bottle of wine that I had kept in my refrigerator that was dated 2004. It was still sealed; it didn't look like anything was floating around inside, and to all ...
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What are some alternative wines for Boeuf Bourguignon?
Traditionally a Burgundy wine is used for Beef Bourguignon. What are alternative replacements for this dish?
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What type of sherry is typically used when cooking?
Not having used sherry before, what is the type used when a recipe just calls for "sherry"? I see cream sherry, dry sherry, and very dry sherry at my local grocery store. Does brand matter much?
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Need to refrigerate vinaigrette?
I've made a red-wine vinaigrette dressing using olive oil (which makes up the majority of the dressing), red wine, garlic, and basil.
My problem is that whenever I take it out of the refrigerator, ...
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How long does Marsala wine last, after opening?
How long does Marsala wine last, after opening? In the fridge or outside? What about Marsala all'Ouvo (Marsala with added egg yolks)
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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 BAC.
The recipe uses 750ml of wine, 1 ...
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What is the opposite of cuvée?
I know that cuvée is wine produced from several types of grape. Is there a word to describe wine made from a single type?
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Is there a substitute for port wine in a dessert risotto?
I am looking for a substitute for port wine in a "dessert risotto" that I would like to make. It's not that I'm worried about the alcohol (I would actually prefer to use the port), I just can't ...
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Is there a device for separating the sediment from home made wine?
I'm thinking of a device that will probably look something like the image in this answer, a tube with a valve at the bottom. Then we could let the bottom sediment out, then collect the clean wine, and ...
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Will swapping the red wine in my spaghetti bolognese with port wreck the dish?
We were out of red wine when cooking spaghetti bolognese today, but eyed off the port as a possible substitute. We decided against it but were left wondering. I imagine you'd have to halve the ...
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Achieve butter-like aroma in a vegan recipe
I am planning to cook a French bœuf bourguignon, but a vegan version. Apart from the wine and the herbs, I recall that the butter had quite an impact on the vegetarian version that I previously made.
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Residue in cork
I opened a recently purchased wine (a Grenache 2012), and the part of the cork that was in contact with the wine looked like the picture
Part of the residue looked like small crystals, some whitish ...
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What’s a good alternative to rice wine vinegar?
I find it difficult to source rice wine vinegar for recipes. I can usually find “rice vinegar“, “rice wine”, and “white wine vinegar”, but not specifically “rice wine vinegar”.
Can I use any of the ...
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how to mix wine into cream sauce (or cream into a wine sauce) so it doesn't curdle
how to combine wine in a cream sauce so it doesn't curdle?
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How to pop a tiny champagne cork?
I know how to uncork champagne. However, I just got a bottle of prosecco with a tiny cork, and I'm not sure how to pop it. I can't grab it like with a normal cork, and I'm worried about putting a cork ...
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What role does alcoholic liquid play in cheese fondue recipes?
Pretty much every recipe I've seen for cheese fondue includes either white wine (sometimes alongside kirsch/brandy) or some kind of beer in the delicious cheesy sauce.
Why is the added liquid (...
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long term wine storage
I'm planning storing some wine over a long period of time. I'm not sure about the exact duration, but I'm thinking of either 25 or 50 years.
What should be taken into consideration? Here's a list of ...
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Nonalcoholic Substitute for Marsala Wine
For personal reasons I won't purchase alcohol or have it in my home, but I'm a bit of a foodie and love Chicken and Steak Marsala. I've found decent nonalcoholic substitutes for dry and sweet white ...
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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?
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What is the best wine to use in a fondue recipe?
Assuming I'm willing to pull out all the stops, what is the best wine to use in a "standard" gruyere-based fondue, like this one?
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Best substitute wine glass
I occasionally find myself opening a bottle of wine at a friend's ill-equipped house, and don't have any wine glasses handy.
What type of serving cup/glass can I substitute for a proper wine glass in ...
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