This white wine sauce is easy to make and full of tangy, savory flavor from dry wine and Parmesan. Serve as a sauce for pasta, chicken or fish.
Want to cook with wine? Let’s go! Here’s a white wine sauce for pasta, chicken or fish that’s easy to make and makes the most beautiful flavor. Adding wine to a sauce makes it taste like it’s from a fancy restaurant…but it’s easy to make at home! The flavor tangy from the wine and savory from the Parmesan cheese. Our favorite way to serve this is with pasta: it’s a simple light sauce that takes only 15 minutes to put together. But it would work well with chicken or fish too. Here’s what to know about making a wine sauce!
Wine sauce is a culinary sauce prepared with wine as a primary ingredient, heated and mixed with stock, butter, herbs, spices, onions, garlic and other ingredients. Several types of wines may be used, including red wine, white wine and port wine. Some versions are prepared using a reduction.
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How to make a white wine sauce: tips!
- Saute the garlic and shallot: only 1 minute! Here’s a way to make your entire kitchen smell divine! Melt the butter and saute the aromatics. Watch it carefully: you don’t want them to brown! Just enough to be fragrant and transparent.
- Add flour: like a quick roux! The flour acts as a thickener. It’s like a quick version of a roux, a way to thicken creamy sauces like in our Easy Cream Sauce.
- Simmer with the wine and cream for 3 minutes.
- Add the Parmesan cheese and whisk the sauce until it melts.
What wine to use for cooking
First off: why cook with wine? Italian and French style recipes often call for white wine in the ingredient list. It’s used to de-glaze the pan or add a complex, acidic flavor to dishes. It adds incredible complexity to risotto or pan sauces like this white wine sauce!
What wine to use for cooking? Use any dry white wine here. You’ll want a crisp white wine that doesn’t have any hint of sweetness. A few types of white wine that are great for cooking are:
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Grigio
- Pinot Gris
- Dry Vermouth
You might have dry vermouth on hand for using in cocktails (like the Classic Martini). But it doubles as a cooking wine! Its crisp, cry flavor is very versatile.
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FAQ
What is white wine sauce made of?
Is wine sauce alcoholic?
Can kids eat food cooked with wine?
How does wine sauce taste?
What ingredients are in a wine sauce?
Ingredients in addition to wine may include stock, mushrooms, butter or shrimp butter, tarragon vinegar, shallot, chervil, tarragon, spices, onion, garlic and others. Some wine sauces are prepared using a reduction, which may intensify their flavor or make the flavor sharper.
Are tomato sauce and puree the same?
Despite tomato sauce and puree being made by tomatoes, they are not the same product. It occurs due to tomato sauce content, which is made by tomato, spices, olive oil and salt. On the other hand, tomato puree is made only from cooked tomatoes, without any seasoning.
What is wine sauce?
Wine sauce is a culinary sauce prepared with wine as a primary ingredient, heated and mixed with stock, butter, herbs, spices, onions, garlic and other ingredients. Several types of wines may be used, including red wine, white wine and port wine. Some versions are prepared using a reduction.
Is white wine sauce alcoholic?
Yes, white wine sauce typically contains alcohol. The wine is reduced and simmered with other ingredients to create a sauce, but the alcohol content does not completely evaporate and is still present in the sauce.