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[QUESTION] Does non-alcoholic wine work as well as regular wine as an ingredient and pan deglazer? (feddit.online)
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Hi all,

I recently came across a recipe that I wish to try for a lentil bolognese. I'm excited to try it as I've been trying to find a recipe I can use my red lentils with, but I'm curious about one thing both with this recipe, and recipes in general.

This recipe calls for the pan to be deglazed with red wine. This is something I've seen before in other recipes, though this recipe is the first of which I'm taking an interest in exploring. I'm personally fine with regular red wine, but my concern is that I have a friend who is incredibly cautious with alcohol, and says she'd refuse to eat things if they had alcoholic ingredients.

Putting aside my personal thoughts about that, I was curious if using a non-alcoholic wine would work just as well, or if the alcohol adds certain properties to the wine that make it function better as an ingredient or for deglazing. I'm mainly curious as I hope to invite friends over for dinner in the future, and want to make accommodations where possible, especially if it's as easy as simply buying a slightly different ingredient.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm calling bullshit, I never ever felt any of the effects of alcohol from eating anything cooked with it or as an additive. Secondly by adding energy in the form of heat you are breaking those hydrogen bonds which are mixing and rebonding with carbon and whatever else you cooking.

[–] Cenzorrll 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not disagreeing with the overall idea of your statement, but you likely won't feel the effects of alcohol in food no matter what (jello shots would be an exception, possibly other foods absolutely drenched in alcohol). The amount added to food is so low to begin with your body will process it before you start to feel it, it works more as a flavor and fragrance enhancer.

But you're correct, water and alcohol don't evaporate at the same rate in cooking, you'd have to do some calculations that I'm not about to spend my time doing, to determine by how much. It ain't 1:1, but it also isn't 100:1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Agreed. It's like worrying you'll fail a drug test because you walked by someone on the street and smelled weed.

[–] Agent641 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well you wouldn't, because it's so diluted. Imagine you're deglazing with half a cup, and half of that boils away. That leaves you with 60ml of 15% ABV which is 8 grams of alcohol. If this meal serves 4, the alcohol consumed by each person is 2g.

Compare this to a single shot of vodka, which contains 17.5g of pure alcohol. You would have to eat 9 portions to consume the equivalent of 1 shot, and if you do that, you probably won't be invited back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol which do you think would have a higher percentage of increasing your b.a.c.? Eating one reasonable portion of vodka sauce pasta, or 5 minutes gargling with alcohol based mouthwash?

[–] Agent641 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd rather gargle the pasta sauce

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I have nicknamed you "the gargler"