White wine is the perfect, convenient source of sweetness, acidity, moisture AND alcohol in the kitchen. Yes, alcohol itself has culinary benefits totally apart from its intoxicating effects.
Recipes mentioned in the video:
Bolognese sauce: https://youtu.be/V5WR-K0zJYs
Chicken pot pie: https://youtu.be/IbgpNZfi6Xo
Chicken parm: https://youtu.be/p-LY9b1u_io
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Q: I can't drink alcohol, so what can I use as a substitute?
A: I addressed this question directly in the video at 4:50. My recommendation is white balsamic vinegar diluted with water or stock, but there are lots of other options that people in these comments have been discussing.
Q: Aren't you supposed to only cook with wine you'd want to drink?
A: I've cooked with great wine, I've cooked with crappy cheap wine. In most dishes, I can't tell the difference. The subtle flavor distinctions just get drowned out by the other ingredients. Even in those dishes where I can taste the difference, it just isn't a big enough difference for me to care. I'm not a chef, and I am not striving for perfection. I'm a busy person trying to cook good, easy meals for my family on a budget. But you do you.
Q: How long will wine last after you open it?
A: In my experience, it'll stay good enough to cook with for 2-3 weeks if you close it back up again and put it in the fridge. It'll start to get more sour over time.
Q: What about fortified wines like sherry or vermouth?
A: Those are great. They taste good and they'll last a lot longer after you open them. But I don't think they are a perfect substitution for white wine. They're stronger, and they lack the bright fruity flavor that I really appreciate from wine. I like how white wine freshens up the taste of food, and I don't think fortified wines really do that.
Q: What about mirin or hard cider?
A: I love them both, and they're both great substitutes for white wine (provided that you get dry cider).
Q: Does all the alcohol burn off when you cook it?
A: It really depends how you cook it. I'll be showing some of the research that's been done on this question in next Monday's video.
Q: Should I leave a comment making a joke about how you're an alcoholic?
A: No. I'm not an alcoholic, and alcoholism isn't funny.
Q: Should I leave a comment making a racial joke about the color white?
A: No. Racism isn't funny.
Isn’t it better then to use vodka (with vinegar and sugar) to extract all those flavour molecules?
Thank you so much for this video. White wine brought my cranberry sauce to the next level.
What is the Netflix show you quote? I thought I saw everything about food in Netflix, but I don´t recognice this?
Hahaha, $3. Cheapest wine I got is twice that.
Yeah, recovering alcoholics probably shouldn’t watch this video…
I can't believe people don't just drink it. When you can afford to I guess. I just stick to instant ramen noodles and sipping on a bottle.
Great!
I’ve found dry vermouth to be a nice alternative to regular white wine; it has a complex flavor that stands out a tad more, and the higher alcohol content allows it to be stored in the fridge for months after being opened.
Sweet vermouth and port are also nice when making beef dishes, as they’re much sweeter and richer than most red wines, and are also fortified like the dry vermouth.
Ethanol boils at 78C sea level, people who don't drink can still use alcohol for cooking, because it will evaporate very quickly.
A bit of olive oil
I cook a lot with rice wine
Doesn’t the actual alcohol evaporate and disappear when you cook with it
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You ain't getting $3 wine up here in the Great White North.
I havent found a dish that I liked that uses wine. Not my taste I guess.
Do we add SEASONING first, and then Wine? OR do we add the WINE first, then seasoning? I'm actually just using a spritzer bottle for food that's going in the air fryer
is this guy trying to have the most insufferable personality and punchable face or am i crazy
2:50 You took the words out of my mouth. My cooking wines are a bottle each of red and white wine for $3.99 at whole foods — I literally call it "cheap ass wine" on my grocery list. And because this is whole foods, their vegetable stock is exactly the same price lol.
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If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church
(These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches)
If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church
If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC
(Different from the Church of Scotland)
If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England
(Different from the Church of England)
Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations
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PSA: Condimento bianco is pretty much white balsamic vinegar. It's similar to modena balsamic vinegar
alcohol is a neurotoxin though. I wonder if there are any alternative molecules that could have the same chemical effect of releasing these flavours and aromas without the downside. I'm no chemist so i'll ask chatgpt 😛
Does it also act like a preservative?
I had questions and you answered all of them and more. Thanks so much for the enlightenment. I've heard before to only use wines that you would serve and drink with a meal as opposed to "cooking wines". Thanks again for the video. Thumbs up and I think I'll sub. Chow.
Penne alla vodka is so FUCKING GOOD, I have began making it all the time, it’s just something truly special
Im constantly and slowly, trying to up my cooking skills a bit, been thinking about cooking with wine or alcohol and stumble across this video. I love how you described the vodka sauce.