Cooking with wine.
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- snooky
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My wife,who is a fine cook,struggles somewhat when attempting a recipe useing "wine." Which wine?One in a cheap,medium or expensive range?Or one that you like to quaff on occasion?I'm not a wine buff,prefer a proper beer,advice needed please.
Hi Snooky,
I listened to a programme the other day and a wine expert gave this explanation.
If you buy a bottle of wine at £3. you actually only get about 15p of wine which is not of good quality. This is because the costs of making, bottling, transporting and Tax are the same as a bottle costing £6.99. but the quality of the wine increases by several hundred percent. He also advised us common erks not to pay more than £7.99. for a bottle because he reckoned that it would only be an expert who would be able to note the subtle differences.
I hope this makes sense to you 'cos at this time in the morning I'm getting a bit tired.
JB.
I listened to a programme the other day and a wine expert gave this explanation.
If you buy a bottle of wine at £3. you actually only get about 15p of wine which is not of good quality. This is because the costs of making, bottling, transporting and Tax are the same as a bottle costing £6.99. but the quality of the wine increases by several hundred percent. He also advised us common erks not to pay more than £7.99. for a bottle because he reckoned that it would only be an expert who would be able to note the subtle differences.
I hope this makes sense to you 'cos at this time in the morning I'm getting a bit tired.
JB.
I buy cheap wine to use especially for cooking. I've heard celebrity chefs say you shouldn't cook with wine you wouldn't be prepared to drink but I can't tell the difference and something like Coq au Vin needs nearly a whole bottle! We keep unused wine in the bottle with a Vac-u-vin stopper and it will keep for weeks. I put wine in nearly all casseroles, add it to gravy, sauces, poached fish etc. so I've always got a bottle red and white on the go. So the cheapest red or dry white from the supermarket, I reckon.
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Dry white wine also works well for lots of dishes - something like a Suavignon Blanc or even better, a Muscadet de Sevre adds a little something to things like Paella etc.
Also it was only when I saw someone cooking chicken with white wine that I realised Coq au Vin doesn't just have to be made with Red.
Finally, with so many recipes needing almost a bottle, I wonder if it's best to just write the whole thing off (thereby leaving something to keep the chef's creative juices going during the cooking ).
Also it was only when I saw someone cooking chicken with white wine that I realised Coq au Vin doesn't just have to be made with Red.
Finally, with so many recipes needing almost a bottle, I wonder if it's best to just write the whole thing off (thereby leaving something to keep the chef's creative juices going during the cooking ).
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ooops did not know you where ment to put it in the food. silly me
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