I am making a Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe on Paddy's Day that calls for Sauterne Wine. I have read this wine is expensive. What would be a good, inexpensive substitute?
2007-03-14 11:54:50 · 8 answers · asked by big_garr_2002 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
I am making a Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe on Paddy's Day that calls for Sauterne Wine. I have read this wine is expensive. What would be a good, inexpensive substitute? I Had Read Somewhere that Riesling (sp?) would make a good substitute for Sauterne, can anyone confirm or refute this?
2007-03-14 14:03:00 · update #1
I am glad you asked this before spending your money.
It is absolutely nuts to think of cooking Corned Beef with Sauternes! If you can find the wines Mary L recommended then they would be excellent substitutes, though they will be hard to find unless you live in a large metro area with a good wine shop. Other than that, any, ice wine, late harvest sauvignon blanc, heck any late harvest or botrytus wine will be pricey, a cup of most will run you more than the brisket! Just throwing money away. If you can find a cheap late harvest dessert wine go for it, by all means. Try to find Semillon to substitute, if not, add some reisling, muscat or other off-dry white wine. If that is not sweet enough toss in a little sugar.
Any flavor difference between sweet wines will cook away and be wasted. It would be a sin.
Sauternes are some of the most expensive white wines on the planet (see Chateau D'Yquem, it can go into the thousands for the right vintage.)
I would go with a $6 bottle of easily found Muscat or Reisling and enjoy your dinner.
2007-03-14 13:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by Brooke B B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I am making a Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe on Paddy's Day that calls for Sauterne Wine. I have read this wine is expensive. What would be a good, inexpensive substitute?
2015-08-18 16:52:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sauterne Cooking Wine
2016-12-11 19:22:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sauternes is a dessert wine from the southern part of Bordeaux. It is made from a very late harvested Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes.
So, as a much cheaper but almost as sweet substitute, you could use a late harvest Sauvignon Blanc from Chile, very affordable at $10-15 per half bottle, or a late harvest Semillon from Australia for roughly the same price.
2007-03-14 12:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by MARY L 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sauterne wine is a California Semillon blend that is normally dry...at best semi-sweet. Late harvest mimics the European sweet dessert wine, which is spelled Sauternes. Look at your recipe again, and then buy accordinly. Finding Sauterne today is extremely hard, a dry Sauvignon Blanc might be the best that you can do.
2015-05-26 10:44:01 · answer #5 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The confusion may stem from the fact that Sauterne and Sauternes are two completely different wines. Sauterne is an old French/Cajun word for a dry or semi-dry white wine, according to the Cajun Chef, Justin Wilson.
2016-02-15 13:45:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jimmy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is not apple juice a good substitute for Sauterne when cooking?
2016-01-25 16:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by Ted and Glenace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sauternes
2016-10-02 01:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an old family recipe for shish kabob marinade that calls for Sauterne (no s). I use California Riesling. The shis kabob tastes just the way I remember it did years ago when my mom used Sauterne.
2016-04-23 07:37:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Canadian ice wine.
2007-03-14 12:30:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋