2007-05-31 12:22:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Being a former chef, most times in the preparation of dishes, you deglaze the pans with some kind of alcohol, flame it or boil the sauce for a period of time and the residual burns off and as stated all that is left is the base flavour.
But, in desserts, alot of times the liquor or liquers are used in flavouring icings, fillings as a flavour to enhance a cake or pastry, now that does not mean your going to get tipsy eating a rum ball or black forest cake, it is the flavour is more prononced if not cooked out, but wine sauces and other foods are cooked long enough to rid any alcohol from the food.
2007-05-31 14:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you cook it for any amount of time.
For instance, when you bake a cake with vanilla extract, the alcohol bakes out. And with anything beer-battered, the alcohol cooks out of that as well. But I once knew someone who liked to soak cakes in rum after they were done.... obviously the alcohol wouldn't bake out of that!
Also, it's possible that if there's a lot of alcohol or you don't cook something for a long time (like if you were just warming up a sauce) that the alcohol could remain.
2007-05-31 12:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by Violet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the website below...in order to eradicate ALL traces of alcohol in a food, it needs to be cooked for over 3 HOURS! Something I didn't even know! Check out the website - it lists methods of cooking with times and correlates them with the alcohol retained in the final product! Have fun!
2007-05-31 12:28:15 · answer #3 · answered by Sexy & Sober 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it somewhat is a fable that one and all the alcohol chefs out completely. *some* of the alcohol does burn off, yet no longer all of it. there's a chart on the backside of this text with cooking cases and the quantity of alcohol retained.
2016-10-06 10:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by aharon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true, the flavor remains but the alcohol cooks out...things like vanilla and almond extract also contain alcohol and it too cooks out.
2007-05-31 12:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by snarf 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The majority of the alcohol cooks out fairly quickly, but it is virtually impossible to cook it all out.
2007-05-31 12:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Unless it is a baked good. Marinating meat in alcoholic beverages helps to tenderize it and when grilled or broiled, etc. it cooks out.
2007-05-31 12:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by Miss 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol boils away at 175 degrees. It's gone before the water boils.
2007-05-31 14:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by dogglebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, especially beer on steak that's cooked on an outdoor grill.
2007-05-31 12:25:05 · answer #9 · answered by Vehicle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it burns off
2007-05-31 13:26:33 · answer #10 · answered by Grand pa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋