Using Wines in Cooking Delicious Food Recipes
Want to know a secret ingredient to a fine meal? Simply add wine to any food recipe—and your meal will never be ‘bland’ or ‘boring’.
Wine makes good food tastes even better. Apart from it being a perfect drink after a delicious meal, wines can also be used in cooking mouth-watering food recipes. Like spices and other food seasoning that add flavour to any dish, a drop of wine in your cooking can intensify, enhance and accent the aroma and flavour of your favourite dish.
Red or white, a variety of wines can be used as a marinade, a substitute for cooking liquid (i.e., vinegar), or as a flavouring to a finished dish. Indeed, adding wine into your cooking gives off a fragrant and mouth-watering smell that can entice any foodie out there.
But before you get excited and start using this ingredient into your favourite dish, there are things that you need to keep in mind when cooking with wines. Read on to know the basics in using wines as an ingredient to enhance the taste of any food recipe.
Don’t use a wine that you would never drink.
As a rule of thumb, never cook with a wine that you wouldn’t drink. This is because there’s a big chance that you won’t like the taste of your food once you make use of the wine that you don’t love. Also, avoid using wines that are labelled ‘cooking wines’ or ‘cooking sherry’ because they are made from cheap based ingredients and contain additives like salt and food colouring. To play it safe, cook with a wine that you love to drink.
Consider the food preparation (e.g., type of meat)
When cooking with wines, you need to consider the type of meat that you are cooking, and the way the meat will be prepared. For instance, a food...
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...ou find the best quality ones, get wines direct from your local wineries and vineyards in your area. Or buy it in various wine shops online.
Have fun experimenting with wines!
The most basic rule in cooking is to have fun. Feel free to experiment while cooking or baking with wines. Be creative and try to invent new flavour combinations by splashing two types of wines—this will like make your favourite dish taste much better. However, be careful not to add to much wine in your food recipe since it can change the flavour of your dish and can be too overpowering.
The aforementioned are the basic tips on how to use wines to enhance, intensity and add a burst of flavour into your favourite dish. The more you use wines in your cooking, the better you will be at creating tasty and mouth-watering recipes that can delight every food enthusiasts and critics.
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