Comments on: Can I substitute White Zinfandel for White wine in a recipe?

By: txshark67

txshark67 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:23:32 +0000

Unless you are cooking for some Professional Chefs I gaurantee you they are not going to notice the difference. Sweet goes fine with pork so I say go for it and enjoy your meal!!

By: Lyn

Lyn — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:55:26 +0000

You can substitute the white zin for white wine. Chances are it will change the flavor subtly, because it would be sweeter than a normal cooking white wine.

By: win 43

win 43 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:21:03 +0000

I wouldn’t if your recipe called for white wine=Zinfandel is pink and very sweet-why ruin your other ingredients? The white wine should be on the dry side-the achohol will cook off the the basic taste will be there!

By: Winter

Winter — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:04:36 +0000

Yes – the finished product will be slightly sweeter but it will be fine.

By: Edward Mainwaring-Burton

Edward Mainwaring-Burton — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:40:06 +0000

Absolutely yes.

I am sure that this would work very well indeed. The flavours of the white zin (predominantly summer fruits with some sweet herbal aromas) would be an excellent marinade for soft-flavoured red meat such as pork. Don’t be afraid to experiment with food (within reason). Personally, I think that a white or blush zin, as long as it has a nice, crisp acidity to the palate, would be just as good as white wine, if not better, for this meat.

Enjoy, and please let me know how it goes as it sounds like a lovely swing on the recipe!

Edward Mainwaring-Burton

By: Shaun K

Shaun K — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:42:42 +0000

I wouldn’t! Recipes that call for white wine are usually refering to drier wines like a Chardonay. White Zin is like a blush too sweet for a replacement in a recipe.

By: heart o' gold

heart o' gold — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:26:32 +0000

I use white zin in cooking all the time and it’s fine. It’s sweeter than some other white wines but pork goes well with sweet, (think porch chops and applesauce) it will be fine.

By: Lisa H

Lisa H — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:28:10 +0000

No. you are better of using chicken broth or even apple juice. White Zin is a horribly sick kool aid type wine. It is not a white wine.

another tip I found for you…this is from a web site that does ingredient substitutions. way at the bottom of the chart is advise for substiting white wine.

By: nickslady21

nickslady21 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:34:23 +0000

No! White Zinfandel is too sweet for cooking recipes unless specifically called for. If you want to substitute you can get a cheap Chablis or Chardonnay. White wine in recipes is whgite in color, White Zinfandel is pink.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:32:32 +0000

Try it, it wont hurt you. If you can drink the wine you can cook with it.