Obviously, wine makes dishes more delicious. However, it’s incredibly important to choose the right type of wines for cooking. It’s worth noting that cooking wines have become very diverse in their offering these days. There are many great white and red wines that can be used for cooking. In this blog, we are going to tell you about different types of cooking wines.
Dry Wines (Reds and Whites)
It’s no surprise that a great number of people choose to drink dry wines. The reality is that dry wines pair well with many meals. However, white and red dry wines can be also used for cooking various dishes as well. For example, it’s a good idea to add dry wines to such seafood dishes as clams and mussels. You can use dry wine for cooking cream soups as well as beef stews. Many people also choose to use wines for cooking vegetables. Dry wines are a key ingredient of wine-based sauces. Nutty dry wines would be a perfect addition to chicken dishes, pork dishes as well as fish dishes.
Sweet Wines (Reds and Whites)
A lot of sweet wines fall into the category of cooking wines. Sweet fortified red wines are often added to chocolate cakes as well as chocolate sauces. Often times, sweet fortified red wines are added to steaks with blue cheese.
It’s important to note that such sweet wines as Cream Sherry, Italian Passito Wines, Malvasia, Pedro Ximinez, Tawny Port and Vin Santo are a key ingredient of syrups that’s used for cooking caramel, vanilla ice cream and various desserts with nuts.
If you are going to cook savory fish dishes, then you should definitely buy a bottle of sweet white wine. In fact, there are many good options available today. Such sweet white wines as Ice Wine, Late Harvest Whites, Moscato, Sauternes and Sweet Riesling are definitely worth considering! Actually, this list of good sweet white wines can go on and on. It is worth noting that sweet white wines can be used for cooking sweet sauces and poaching pears too. Moreover, it’s a good idea to add sweet white wine to lobsters and shrimps.
Rice Wines
Keep in mind that rice wines don’t come in a vast variety of types. China and Japan are two world’s leading rice wine makers. So, you can choose either Chinese or Japanese rice wines for cooking. Rice wines of these 2 main types are usually added to Asian BBQ sauce, glaze, marinades, stir fries and many other dishes. It’s important to know that rice wines add acidity to dishes. Therefore, if you feel that your dish needs more acidity, then you should definitely add rice wine to it.
