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How To Make Herbed Wine

Source of Recipe

EDC Board 1999


List of Ingredients

How To Make Herbed Wine

What’s Herbed Wine?

Cooking with wine isn’t a new concept, and neither is cooking with herbs, but cooking with wine infused with herbs is a relatively new idea. Herbed wine is simply wine that has been flavored with herbs, and although its called "herbed wine," it also includes wine flavored with spices, fruits, and vegetables. The wine absorbs the flavorings and becomes a magical cooking ingredient, adding a new dimension to cooking.

Herbed wines are extremely easy to make. The only drawback is waiting a week or two until the flavors blend; but the way time flies by, before you know it, the wine will be ready to use.

Just place fresh herbs (or desired flavorings) in a glass jar (canning jars work great), pour the wine over, cover, and let sit for a week or two (whites will absorb flavors faster than reds). There’s no need to sterilize the jars or process the herbed wine. You don’t need an herb garden to make herbed wines. Most large supermarkets and many specialty and natural food markets have an adequate supply of herbs. You’ll find them in packages in the produce department. If you don’t see the herbs, ask the produce manager if the store will carry them. Several packages of herbs, along with some garlic and a few bottles of wine, will produce a wonderful assortment of herbed wines that you can cook with or even give as gifts.

Cooking with Herbed Wine

Just about any recipe can be enhanced with herbed wine. The flavored wine can replace vinegar and almost all cooking liquids.
Herbed wines are mellow and impart a rich flavor in dressings, marinades, and sauces. A combination of herbed wine and olive oil or butter adds extra flavor when sautéing meats and vegetables, and reduces some of the fat. Herbed wine can also replace part of the cooking liquid when cooking pasta or rice. When cooking with herbed wine you’ll also save time. All the flavorings are in the wine, so there’s no need to measure or chop herbs or any other seasonings.





Recipe

(Unless you’re a garlic fanatic – like me– and you want "more garlic.")
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