More than intuition, cooking with either wine or beer requires some serious skills. You need to know when to add what, in what quantities and how much should be the cooking time. You just can’t smoother a dish with too much of alcohol.
Why the Beer or Wine?
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Well for starters, when the alcohol is used properly it impressively improves the food. The way it bonds with fat and water molecules is the secret that helps carry the aromas and flavors of the delicacies.
Alcohol seasons the meat well in a marinade while inducing the flavor slowly not braising or rendering them tender. It has a similar effect in, making it smell and taste better.
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Keep Note of The pointers
- Pick your beer or wine wisely
- Let the alcohol sink into the food
- Now let the food soak it up
- If it’s meat, make it bit saucy
- Plain desserts are good but a dessert with booze is better
And, here’s a list of dishes that cheer up by adding wine or beer
Potato Beer Cheese Soup
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It is as filling and as satisfying as it sounds. The velvety texture of appetizing potato soup when cooked right is neither too thick nor too thin. A whiff of beer and cheese flavors the soup in a subtle manner.
Beer-Braised Roast with Root Vegetables
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You will be heading for a very family-pleasing meal with sweet-savory notes. Seasoned vegetables, fresh from the farm blended with lean meat that brazed in best beer.
Chicken Marsala
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It’s a classic, yet delicious chicken dish with lightly coated chicken breasts that a thoroughly braised with Marsala wine and mushrooms. It’s an easy to make a dish and perfect for a short notice gatherings.
Beer Dip
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A bundle of the fast-to-fix mixture and packed with the goodness of shredded cheese that goes well with pretzels. Once you start eating from this dip made from beer, we bet you won’t be able to stop.
Chocolate Guinness Cake
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The silky-smooth chocolate cake is mouthwatering and every bit delicious as its sight. It is not just the cream cheese but the addition of the perfectly poured pint.
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