What can I use in place of red wine? Your thoughts, please.

[FillyjonkTheFireEater]

Balsamic vinegar? Maybe with a bit of maple syryp?

Your thoughts, please.

whats it for?

Honey I would only ever drink red wine! I don't think the vinegar is going to cut it you drunken sot you! lol

in cooking rather than as a drink i assume?

General flavouring? You could choose from:

soy suace
tomato puree
tomato ketchup
HP sauce
marmite
erm, sure there are more...

no would never drink vinegar. thought that was what oven cleaner was for?

its for a recipe speciafically calling for red wine. Something like "shallots in red wine". So the red wine is crucial. But I don't have any. And anyway am unconvinced that the alcol all burns off.

Orange juice often does the trick as it (weirdly) has a similar balance of acidity and sweetness once cooked - add a splash of balsamic by all means but don't replace all the wine with it as it's too strong.

What you cooking?

I'm making a lovely beef in red wine casserole tonight. Unlike thee I have lots and lots of red wine! Oh yeah.......... yum!

orange juice...

we have oranges. I shall sqieeze some

good