Cook With Rose Wine

Rose wine is often fairly sweet, but a dry version can make an ideal cooking wine. Rose is best for refreshing beverages, pasta dishes and lighter-colored food. If a dish seems well suited for pairing with rose, you can most likely prepare it with a small amount of the wine.

Instructions

1. Incorporate rose wine into refreshing beverages. Add it to Fresca, sparkling water, or other citrusy carbonated drinks. Add rose wine to sangria, or make a pink lemonade beverage out of it. Use equal parts rose wine and the other ingredient.

2. Add 1/2 cup rose to every 2 cups of a creamy pasta sauce for a little added sweetness and flavor. Rose wine is good with light, creamy sauces for lighter-hued food, such as chicken breasts, pork, pasta and seafood.

3. Toss steamed vegetables in a small amount of rose wine and butter for a creamy, fresh flavor. This method is best for vegetables with mild flavors, such as squash, broccoli, potatoes, peas and eggplant. It doesn't work so well with stronger-flavored vegetables such as peppers, snap peas, zucchini and corn.

4. Toss sliced fruit in a couple tablespoons of rose wine, and add a little whipped cream on top with mint leaves. Use fruits with berrylike flavors, such as strawberries, blackberries and raspberries, pears, peaches and melon.

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