I want to cook pork in white wine and I forgot the white wine at the store. Can I substitute White Zinfandel or will it taste nasty?

Thanks!

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!!

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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