what kind of red wine would you use to make spaghetti sauce?

[LindsayDunn228]

If you won't drink a wine then you shouldn't cook with it.

I'm not understanding this line of thinking. I don't drink wine and I cook with it all the time. It adds great flavor.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I'm not understanding this line of thinking. I don't drink wine and I cook with it all the time. It adds great flavor.

I think the meaning is that it needs be a wine you enjoy, tastewise, not that you actually drink it.

For me, I hate RED....I keep trying it all the darn time and I just can't like it.
So if I ever added wine to a recipe, I would add the wines I like.

 

[ducklite]

Here's the recipe from my other thread:



It was pretty good We wound up adding a bit more sugar to it, but I think it was because of the wine (I added 1/2 cup). It might be just that we aren't really used to it in sauces.

The need for sugar wasn't because of the wine. It was because of the citric acid used to preserve canned tomotoes. To avoid this in the future, either make your own tomatos from fresh, or use Pomi brand which use no preservatives. They are a bit more expensive, but you will absolutely be able to taste the difference.

Anne

 

[Tazicket]

Ahh! Thanks! GOod to know that for the future