General tips when cooking with wine

·                     Cooking with wine ensures a richness in flavouring food.

·                     Have wine in the kitchen as you would have onions or eggs.

·                     Add a touch of white wine to a salad dressing for extra taste.

·                     A little white wine to pan juices when basting chicken will lift the flavour.

·                     Poach or bake fruit in wine.

·                     Add red wine to gravy for a delicious sauce.

·                     The rule when cooking with wine should be that you would normally drink the wine as well.

·                     Use white wine for white meats such as chicken or fish.

·                     Use red wine for darker meats such as beef or lamb.

·                     Use small quantities wine in food, do not overpower the flavour.

31 January 2007

By Heilie Pienaar