Hi all:

Thank you for reading/responding to this post.

I am making what I hope will be a rich, yummy roasted onion soup...the recipe calls for dry red wine....my wife picked up a red cooking wine....will this work, or be too strong? Or should I just go get that dry red wine..?? Any help appreciated.. Thank you...Mark

charlotte234s

Cooking wine usually tastes different than regular wine, sweeter, and a different texture, so to speak. I would say to just purchase a dry red wine, and not use the cooking wine, because it will produce a different flavor than the recipe creator intended.

massplumber2008

Thank you Charlotte...we just went out and purchased the dry red wine...Turns out the cooking wine has 1tsp salt per cup....YUK! Thank you for your input. Good day! Mark

charlotte234s

Good luck with your soup!

templelane

Wow I never knew there was such a thing as bought cooking wine! I always thought it was just the leftover wine that was a bit too vinagary to drink. You learn something new everyday.
Happy cooking

curlybenswife

Cooking wine has addatives also pretty revolting but you should remember when cooking with any alcaholic beverage the alcahol has to be burnt off to gain the best flavour.
Just dont do what i did and put the 20 dollar wine in the spag bol i wasnt popular hehehehe well we were drinking it so where was the harm i say might as well eat it as well

massplumber2008

Hi all:

Update....Roasted onions, garlic, thyme, S&P for 30 minutes @450, then deglazed the roasting pan with 1.5 cups wine in oven another 15 minutes, then to stove top with 8 cups beef stock...simmered 30 minutes. A little gruy'ere and swiss cheese broiled over crouton...The best onion soup I ever had!!

If anyone wants complete recipe...let me know. Thanks for postive input all!!

Mark.

noss

Hello massplumber (Mark). I'm new here and have been looking for a good onion soup recipe and I would like to have your recipe. Not sure how to go about things yet, but I enjoyed reading the posts. Thanks, Vee

massplumber2008

Hi Noss:

Check out this link...

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cooking...g-56553-3.html

You should just need to scroll down to POST #102.

I think I stumbled on a keeper!! Please let us know what you think!!

Mark

noss

Hi Mark,

Thanks for posting the recipe and supplying the link to it. That was kind of you.

This is one oniony recipe and looks scrumptious. I will try it next time my husband is on break.

I'm so glad I found this site where I can talk with people about such things because I don't drink alcoholic beverages, but like the taste in cooking.

Noss