What You Need to Know
Cooking with alcohol means using alcohol in the preparation of food either as an ingredient, a cooking fuel, or for visual display.
Steps
- 1.
Coq au Vin (France): Red wine tenderizes and flavors the chicken
- 2.
Tiramisu (Italy): Marsala wine enhances coffee flavor in the mascarpone
- 3.
Drunken Shrimp (China): Baijiu is used to both flavor and briefly anesthetize the shrimp
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard Reaction