2006-07-17 11:00:17 · 5 answers · asked by the man 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Marsala – An Italian fortified wine made in the vicinity of Marsala in Sicily.
Marsala Sauce
A rich sauce used to enhance the flavor of pasta, poultry, pork, veal, fish, and game. It can be made from a variety of flavored bases, such as tomato, mushroom, or fruit flavors and is served as a sauce for several traditional food dishes such as pollo (chicken) marsala or veal marsala.
A typical recipe for the sauce may include onions, garlic, herbs, mushrooms, heavy cream, oil or butter, and the key ingredient, Marsala wine, which is often used as a demiglaze, or added last. When making the sauce, the wine can be added to the other ingredients immediately or as preferred by many, added at the end of the sauce making process.
2006-07-17 11:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rich, Italian wine to which brandy has been added to convert the sugar into a higher alcohol content. As a fortified wine, Marsala is made in both dry or sweet varieties. The dry Marsala is commonly used as an ingredient in recipes for Chicken Marsala or Veal Marsala and is the variety often used to flavor a variety of poultry, meat, and vegetable dishes. The sweet Marsala is mostly used for desserts or served as a dessert wine. Available in three different hues, Marsala can be purchased as a gold (oro), amber (ambra) or ruby (rubino) colored beverage depending on the grapes used to produce the beverage. Gold and amber Marsala is made from white skin grapes such as Grillo, Catarrato, Inzolia, and Domaschino varietals. Ruby Marsala is produced from the darker skinned red grapes such as pignatello, calabrese, nerello mascalese, or nero d'avola grapes. When Marsala is aged it is graded according to the years it has been ripening in flavor. 1 year old Marsala is considered to be a "Fine" grade; 2 year old Marsala is rated as "Superior" grade; 4 year old is rated as "Superior Reserve" and; 5 year old Marsala is rated as "Virgin."
2006-07-17 11:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of red wine. It's Italian so calling something Marsala when it's not will land you in jail.
2006-07-17 11:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by Portuguese Prognosticator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a lovely wine named after the region in Italy where the grapes are grown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsala_wine
2006-07-17 11:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by Gwen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's wine used in cooking.
2006-07-17 11:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by grahamma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋