Recipe to use up red wine

[HarryFlatters]

Foolishly, I opened up a bottle of red yesterday and didn't/couldn't finish it. Before anyone suggests drinking it, I'm not drinking it. I don't drink booze through the week, and I've got a cold and it tastes like crap, hence why I didn't finish it yesterday.

The obvious choice is some kind of ragu, but I'd appreciate other options.

Over to you

[anonymous-user]

How about beef bourguignon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/beefbourguignon_...

[Riley Blue]

Worth adding to spaghetti Bolognese but especially to vension stew in a slow cooker.

[randlemarcus]

Ice cube tray, freeze it to add to recipes later, when you have tastebuds again.

[HarryFlatters]

randlemarcus said:

Ice cube tray, freeze it to add to recipes later, when you have tastebuds again.

Actually, that's not a bad plan. Another side effect of having the cold, other than having no sensation of taste, is that I can't be arsed actually cooking anything

[wiggy001]

Does it taste like crap because you've got a cold? Keep it til the cold passed then drink it. Crap red wine tends to taste better when it's been left to breathe anyway.

If it tastes crap because it's crap wine, don't then make a meal taste crap by adding it. Bin it.

[HarryFlatters]

wiggy001 said:

Does it taste like crap because you've got a cold? Keep it til the cold passed then drink it. Crap red wine tends to taste better when it's been left to breathe anyway.

If it tastes crap because it's crap wine, don't then make a meal taste crap by adding it. Bin it.

It's a Piccini Memoro, and I've had it a few times before and I know that I like it. At the moment, everything tastes faintly sour and horrid, because I've got a cold.

I wouldn't drink, nor cook with, st wine

[Davey S2]

HarryFlatters said:

It's a Piccini Memoro, and I've had it a few times before and I know that I like it. At the moment, everything tastes faintly sour and horrid, because I've got a cold.

One of my supermarket favs. Often on offer in Tesco at around £6 which is an utter bargain.

[Truckosaurus]

Make mulled wine, a guaranteed cure for a cold.

[anonymous-user]

Davey S2 said:

HarryFlatters said:

It's a Piccini Memoro, and I've had it a few times before and I know that I like it. At the moment, everything tastes faintly sour and horrid, because I've got a cold.

One of my supermarket favs. Often on offer in Tesco at around £6 which is an utter bargain.

Never heard of this. Reading about it, sounds bloody lovely. Off to Tesco now - cheers!

[monoloco]

HarryFlatters said:

randlemarcus said:

Ice cube tray, freeze it to add to recipes later, when you have tastebuds again.

Actually, that's not a bad plan. Another side effect of having the cold, other than having no sensation of taste, is that I can't be arsed actually cooking anything

good in theory -not so good in practice! The alcohol in the wine restricts it ability to freeze properly so you end up with red slush which dribbles everywhere unless the ice cube tray is flat in the freezer. Solution is to boil the wine down a bit first which removes most of the alcohol so it freezes normally and also concentrates it so a couple of cubes in a sauce etc has more impact. Also, I recommend using 'ice cube bags' sold in most supermarkets rather than trays -much more convenient and you can pile up loads of them with different stock/wine/etc and just tear the odd cube or two off the bottom when you need them

[HarryFlatters]

garyhun said:

Davey S2 said:

HarryFlatters said:

It's a Piccini Memoro, and I've had it a few times before and I know that I like it. At the moment, everything tastes faintly sour and horrid, because I've got a cold.

One of my supermarket favs. Often on offer in Tesco at around £6 which is an utter bargain.

Never heard of this. Reading about it, sounds bloody lovely. Off to Tesco now - cheers!

£6 in Morrison's at the moment too, and the old vine "The Zin" zinfandel is well work picking up for £7.

Anyhoo, I used a zip lock bag to freeze the wine, and I'll use it in my next ragu or coc-au-vin or sommit

Cheers

Edited by HarryFlatters on Wednesday 9th November 14:14

[anonymous-user]

HarryFlatters said:

garyhun said:

Davey S2 said:

HarryFlatters said:

It's a Piccini Memoro, and I've had it a few times before and I know that I like it. At the moment, everything tastes faintly sour and horrid, because I've got a cold.

One of my supermarket favs. Often on offer in Tesco at around £6 which is an utter bargain.

Never heard of this. Reading about it, sounds bloody lovely. Off to Tesco now - cheers!

£6 in Morrison's at the moment too, and the old vine "The Zin" zinfandel is well work picking up for £7.

Anyhoo, I used a zip lock bag to freeze the wine, and I'll use it in my next ragu or coc-au-vin or sommit

Cheers

Edited by HarryFlatters on Wednesday 9th November 14:14

I bought some at Tesco for £6 - bloomin lovely stuff so thanks for the recommendation