Any suggestions on good wines to use in recipes? White for Chix/Fish and Red for meat dishes and maybe a sweet wine for desserts. I'm always in a quandary when I shop for wines to cook with!! Thank you.
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Any suggestions on good wines to use in recipes? White for Chix/Fish and Red for meat dishes and maybe a sweet wine for desserts. I'm always in a quandary when I shop for wines to cook with!! Thank you.
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Meat is a very broad term so I would suggest a Pinot Noir from Burgundy or if you are on a budget, wines from the Cotes-du-Rhone are also safe choices. Cotes-Du-Rhone JL Chave, 2009 is a great value wine.
As for sweet wines for (cooking?) desserts... I think the liquors are a better way to go - limoncello, kirsch, grand marnier, rum - the fruity ones are great with fruit in a compote or drizzled over pound cake topped with whatever's in season; and rum or frangelico or coffee liquors are fantastic with the more dairy-themed desserts: ice cream sundaes with a brownie base, tablespoons in pies or cakes, etc.