cooking

[krazykooking]

always wanted to cook with wines,however i dont know what kind to use when it says red wine ,i have a recp for short ribs in the crock pot that calls for red wine,there r so many diff red wines how do you know what kind to use?

[Kcwhippet]

Welcome to the Board, krazy. I'd suggest using a Syrah, preferably one with very little oak.

[Thomas]

And I'll add that whenever you cook with wine it's a good idea to use wine that has had no or extremely minimal contact with oak.

Usually, a recipe calling for red wine means a dry red. The one KC recommends will add depth maybe even some spiciness to flavors, and that is why it is good for ribs.

Sherry is good for soups.

Rather than dry reds, I like sweeter wines added to tomato sauce to introduce caramel complexity.

Dry whites generally for seafood dishes or where a recipe calls for a white wine. Riesling is a good one for that but it is always hard form me to use Riesling for cooking, since I want to drin k it all to myself...