Wine in Recipe
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Anonymous
| I would like to make a braised meat recipe that calls for a full bottle of wine. Will the alcohol cook off? It cooks for about two hours. |
Anonymous
| Yes absolutely it will. |
Anonymous
| Yes, isn't this common knowledge? |
Anonymous
Must not be, you think OP would be asking if they knew? |
Anonymous
Not all of it will cook off, but it doesn't matter, it's not very much. https://www.isu.edu/news/2019-fall/no-worries-the-alcohol-burns-off-during-cookingbut-does-it-really.html |
Anonymous
| It does take a long time to cook off all of the alcohol but most of it will be gone after two hours. |
Anonymous
| beware however: I poured a full bottle of wine in a pot in the oven per Bon Appetit recipe and opened the oven halfway through and got a big singe of flame. Moral of the story: don't be tempted to check on your meat when using this amount of alcohol! Let it cook off for a good hour. |
Anonymous
Oh no, can you explain this in more detail? It was the ffumes that caught fire? How do you know when it's safe? Not op, but I've been interested to try some more sophisticated recipes with wine but now nervous. |
Anonymous
Wow! This is a lesson to be learned. I suppose the alcohol evaporated and the vapor was slow to vent from the oven. I wonder if simmering the wine for a short while on the stove and then using it in the oven might remove enough of the alcohol to prevent a flash fire. |
Anonymous
| A whole bottle??? That's way too much. A cup might cook off, but not a whole bottle no way |
Anonymous
| Absolutely..even a whole bottle. It’s basic..like freaking high school basic…..chemistry |
Anonymous
Yes.you are perfectly fine. |
Anonymous
An entire bottle? From your own link, I’m not sure I’d want that much alcohol in the recipe. I sincerely doubt that OP will be boiling the meat for two hours. |