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6. Drinking Sherry: A Direct Substitute for Cooking Sherry
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In dire culinary circumstances, drinking sherry—while not usually used in the kitchen because of its higher cost and shorter shelf life once opened—can be a great substitute for cooking sherry. Made in Spain's Jerez region, this fortified wine has a sophisticated taste sensation that can greatly improve the flavour of many foods. Drinking sherry enables more control over the sodium content in your dishes since it lacks additional salt like cooking sherry does.
One simple 1:1 ratio can be used when replacing drinking sherry for cooking sherry. You can so use the same quantity of drinking sherry for every tablespoon or cup of cooking sherry called for in a recipe. But keep in mind that the absence of additional salt in drinking sherry could call for modifying the general seasoning of your meal. Taste as you go; add salt as necessary to get the right balance.
There are several ways to drink sherry, each with distinctive taste qualities ready for use in different kinds of cuisine. For light sauces and seafood meals, fino sherry—which is dry and light—is a great choice. With its nuttier, more sophisticated taste, amontillado sherry may give soups and stews complexity. Known for its rich, full-bodied taste, oloroso sherry goes nicely with strong sauces and meat meals.
Although sherry can be a good replacement, it's worth noting that typically speaking, it's more costly than cooking sherry. Besides, once opened, it keeps less than its cooking equivalent. Freeze extra drinking sherry in ice cube trays to maximise its use and cut waste. These frozen cubes are a handy approach to include little amounts of sherry into your cooking since they are readily added to meals as needed.
Using drinking sherry in cooking goes beyond simple replacement. From appetisers to sweets, its sophisticated tastes can improve a great variety of foods. A dash of sherry can provide pan sauces more complexity, improve soups' taste, or provide gravies more refinement in savoury uses. In sweet meals, especially those include nuts or dried fruits, sherry can offer a complementing taste that improves the whole flavour profile.
