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  • 13-02-2021 8:04pm
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    mikelata
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    Where do you buy the cheapest wine for cooking?
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    odyssey06
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    ALDI and LIDL have a Shiraz for €5. A bit robust and rustic but would be great for stews.

    LIDL have a Conde Noble(?) for €4, I got it once as thought it would do for cooking... smelled a bit iffy wouldn't get it again even for cooking.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Comerman
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    super value have 187ml bottles of monte bello cooking wine


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    darconio
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    Depending on what you need to cook you can try the Revero range in Tesco

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=revero


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    the beer revolu
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    Red wine is usually something we didn't fancy finishing that gets put aside.

    I use far more white wine in cooking, generally. I buy the cheapest in Lidl. Actually quite drinkable.

    And going against most advice I find absolutely no problem with keeping a bottle with the cork stuck in for weeks or even months for cooking - but I'd always taste it before adding.


    Something to try. Next time you reach for the red wine for a tomato sauce, use white instead and see what you think. An Italian chef told me that.
    I'd also use white in a bolognaise type ragu.


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    Gloomtastic!
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    Following a tip from Nigella, I buy a cheap bottle of Vermouth in Lidl or Tesco for about €9.00. It is a great substitute for white wine when cooking and it lasts for months after opening.


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    odyssey06
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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Following a tip from Nigella, I buy a cheap bottle of Vermouth in Lidl or Tesco for about €9.00. It is a great substitute for white wine when cooking and it lasts for months after opening.

    I previously suggested this to my good lady Penelope, and was overrruled!

    If it has the backing of Nigella, I might try a round two on it :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Gloomtastic!
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I previously suggested this to my good lady Penelope, and was overrruled!

    If it has the backing of Nigella, I might try a round two on it :)

    Careful now! :eek:


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    the beer revolu
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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Following a tip from Nigella, I buy a cheap bottle of Vermouth in Lidl or Tesco for about €9.00. It is a great substitute for white wine when cooking and it lasts for months after opening.

    On recommendation from someone here, I tried this.
    I didn't like it at all - ruined a dish!

    Wine keeps fine for cooking - weeks, even months.


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    Hodors Appletart
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    we use whatever is left over in a bottle, poured into a bottle that is a mixture of all the leftover wines.


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    Gloomtastic!
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    On recommendation from someone here, I tried this.
    I didn't like it at all - ruined a dish!

    Wine keeps fine for cooking - weeks, even months.

    That was probably me, I've been recommending vermouth for years, sorry! The main dish I would use it for is risotto. Never had a complaint and there's nowhere to hide with risotto.

    Does a bottle of wine really keep for months once opened?


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    the beer revolu
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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Does a bottle of wine really keep for months once opened?

    For cooking, absolutely.
    I've been doing this for years with both red and white.


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    awec
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Red wine is usually something we didn't fancy finishing that gets put aside.

    I use far more white wine in cooking, generally. I buy the cheapest in Lidl. Actually quite drinkable.

    And going against most advice I find absolutely no problem with keeping a bottle with the cork stuck in for weeks or even months for cooking - but I'd always taste it before adding.


    Something to try. Next time you reach for the red wine for a tomato sauce, use white instead and see what you think. An Italian chef told me that.
    I'd also use white in a bolognaise type ragu.

    I make proper bolognese sauce that takes all day to cook and always use white wine in it, never red.

    Also milk.


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    Gloomtastic!
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    For cooking, absolutely.
    I've been doing this for years with both red and white.

    Learned something new today! :P I thought it turned to vinegar after a certain time, or at least unpalatable.

    Having said that, I think the last time I drank vermouth was when I was a teenager. I can still taste it now, it was vile! :rolleyes:


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    rubadub
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    mikelata wrote: »
    Where do you buy the cheapest wine for cooking?

    If you can use a cash & carry it would be cheap. They will have bottles of cooking wine which will have no excise duty as it is has salt or other stuff added. Regular shops usually do not have this, though I see a supervalu one listed but it is dearer per ml than other ones which have excise, probably partly due to it being a small bottle.

    I wondered if supermarkets do not stock these "cooking" wines & spirits for fear of it getting into the hands of kids or alcos.


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    LimeFruitGum
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    I always get my cooking wine from a cash & carry, as a kind relative gave me their account number. Their cooking wine is about 3-4 quid a litre. Previously I could only see mini bottles of cooking wine in shops, and unfortunately I rarely have leftover regular wine. It lasts well & does the job nicely.


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    mikelata
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    darconio wrote: »
    Depending on what you need to cook you can try the Revero range in Tesco

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=revero


    just got it. Let' see how it goes!


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    Gloomtastic!
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    I was making a lentil spag bol during the week and recipe said 100ml of red wine. Great, I thought, I can save the rest for weeks/months now. Didn’t last the night. :rolleyes:


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    igCorcaigh
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    For cooking, absolutely.
    I've been doing this for years with both red and white.

    Really??
    That could be a gamechanger!
    I was thinking of freezing white wine into icecubes...

    Do you keep it in the fridge?


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    the beer revolu
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Really??
    That could be a gamechanger!
    I was thinking of freezing white wine into icecubes...

    Do you keep it in the fridge?

    Nope.
    Just stick the cork in the bottle or screw cap and it sits on the counter with other bottles of sauce and oil and stuff.
    I know it goes against what people say but
    I do this all the time without any bad results.
    As I've said, I'd usually taste the wine if it's been there a while but I don't recall ever having to throw any away.


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