Which wine should you cook with?
Time to test your kitchen skills… You'll get $50 worth of wine for playing
A recipe calls for "1 c. red wine." Which kind do you use?
Oui oui, chef!
You're savvy!
Wine is a lot like a delicious, complex stew — the kind that gets better the longer you let it simmer over a stove. The flavors get more concentrated — and intense — over heat.
So it makes PERFECT sense to cook with a wine you already drink. The flavors you love will be 3x as delicious!
Oh boy. If you didn't like the wine before… wait 'til you cook with it
Wine is a lot like a delicious, complex stew — the kind that gets better the longer you let it simmer over a stove. The flavors get more concentrated — and intense — over heat.
So if you thought a wine was off before… bad news. It's gonna taste 3x as bad in your food.
You're set to make fondue — but you don't have "dry white wine" like the recipe calls for. You:
Careful — there is a wrong way to cook with wine…
We love a frosty glass of sweet dessert wine as much as the next guy… but Moscato doesn't belong in fondue.
When a recipe asks for a dry white wine, it's asking for a bright punch of acidity to balance out other creamy flavors.
Dessert wines have lots of residual sugar — so unless you want a cheese sauce that tastes like sweet tarts…
It's smart to stick to the ask.
You're so right, culinary master
We love a frosty glass of sweet dessert wine as much as the next guy… but Moscato doesn't belong in fondue.
When a recipe asks for a dry white wine, it's asking for a bright punch of acidity to balance out other creamy flavors.
Dessert wines have lots of residual sugar — so unless you want a cheese sauce that tastes like sweet tarts…
It's smart to stick to the ask.
What about a wine that's been open a few days? Cook with it?
Waste not, want not — right?
Wine can hold up for a couple days after opening. In fact, the flavors might even open up a bit more — and give your recipe the extra oomph it needs.
No reason to waste a perfectly good bottle!
…bad wine, on the other hand…
Actually... it might surprise you
Wine can hold up for a couple days after opening. In fact, the flavors might even open up a bit more — and give your recipe the extra oomph it needs.
No reason to waste a perfectly good bottle!
…bad wine, on the other hand…
What about store brand "cooking wine" — could you use that in a pinch?
Don't like the taste of marketing gimmicks, eh?
Another win for you, chef. "Cooking wine" is wine without quality checks — you'll never know the blend, the region the grapes are from, the vintage, how it's been aged, stored, tested… if it's even wine at all.
No wonder you don't put that in your food!
There are better options than spending your hard-earned cash on faux wine…
You can buy a bottle that you actually like!
Do you enjoy the taste of marketing gimmicks?
"Cooking wine" is wine without quality checks — you'll never know the blend, the region the grapes are from, the vintage, how it's been aged, stored, tested… or if it's even wine at all.
And you want to put that in your food?
There are better options than spending your hard-earned cash on faux wine…
You can buy a bottle that you actually like!
Ok ok. What about really good wine that costs $50 and up. Can I cook with that?
First of all... who spends $50 for good wine?!
Quality wine can be yours for SO much less. You deserve to pay the fair price for every bottle — when you pay that much, surely you're paying for markups and middlemen.
That's stuff you can't even taste.
You're all about the taste — we can tell.
First of all... who spends $50 for good wine?!
Quality wine can be yours for SO much less. You deserve to pay the fair price for every bottle — when you pay that much, surely you're paying for markups and middlemen.
That's stuff you can't even taste.
And you're all about the taste, right?
So, let's review. How much should you spend on a cooking wine?
Okay, here's a secret for you…
There's no difference between quality cooking wine and quality wine.
In fact, they should always be wines you love to drink!
…but they should never break the bank.
Okay, here's a secret for you…
There's no difference between quality cooking wine and quality wine.
In fact, they should always be wines you love to drink!
…but they should never break the bank.
So how can you get chef-worthy wine, worry free — without spending an arm and a leg?
Scribble this on a recipe card
When it comes to wine, there are only TWO things worth your money – great grapes and talented winemakers.
And those cost a lot less than you might think.
Want to know where you can find wine like that?
Scribble this on a recipe card
When it comes to wine, there are only TWO things worth your money – great grapes and talented winemakers.
And those cost a lot less than you might think.
Want to know where you can find wine like that?
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