Now your cooking with Gas Wine

We all know you can drink wine, but did you know you could cook with it too...wha?

When cooking with wine only use one that you would drink. If you wouldn't drink it then don't cook with it. You will not like the dish. Stay far away from "Cooking Wines" as they are typically salty and have other ingredients. And cooking with a cheap wine will only bring out the worse in it.

So if you dont or wont drink it don't cook with it.

Wine can be used in many ways in the kitchen. It can be used as a flavoring, as a marinade or as stock. When cooking with wine you want it to enhance the dish not mask it. When cooking you do not need to worry about the alcohol as it burns off leaving only the tase and the sweetness and acidity. Never add wine to a dish right before serving as it will not have time to burn off the alcohol and reduce down.  Also take heed to what you are making, just because YOU love the wine doesn't mean the dish you are cooking will love it. Not every dish can be made with wine.

Here are a few links to some of my favorite wine infused dishes:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/easy-parmesan-risotto-recipe.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mussels-in-white-wine-recipe.html

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chicken-and-Red-Wine-Sauce/Detail.aspx?evt19=1&referringHubId=1786

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Beef-Bourguignon-II/Detail.aspx?evt19=1&referringHubId=1786

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Burgundy-Pork-Tenderloin/Detail.aspx?evt19=1&referringHubId=1786

And like with all things, just have fun and experiment. And if you have wine left over well drink it :)

~Cheers