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What Is Sweet wine and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with sweet wine? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 9 recipes to put it to work.

In Chinese:甜酒
British (UK) term: Sweet wine
en français:vin doux
en español:vino dulce

Recipes using sweet wine

There are 9 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Spanish Style Rice

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Fragrant Spanish rice with sautéed mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, green pepper, garlic, cloves, cayenne, and a splash of sherry. A flavorful side dish ready in 30 minutes.

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Fresh Golden Delicious Apple-Walnut Relish

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Three-ingredient apple walnut relish with toasted walnuts, diced Golden Delicious apples, and sweet wine. Make it a day ahead for the best flavor.

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Refreshing Sweet & Sour Cucumber Salad

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Sweet and sour cucumber salad inspired by ancient Roman Apicius cookery, with sweet wine, vinegar, liquamen and mint. A historical recipe brought back to the modern table.

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Pear Butter

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Pear butter made with 12 fresh pears simmered in sweet wine, water, and honey until thick and spreadable. A 4-ingredient fruit butter with no added sugar.

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Wine Jelly (Tested)

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Old-fashioned wine jelly made with sweet wine, lemon juice, and unflavored gelatin. A Victorian-era holiday dessert served chilled in a glass bowl with custard sauce poured over each spoonful.

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Pears Melba

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Pears Melba with Bosc pears poached in Marsala and dry wine syrup, served over vanilla ice cream with pureed raspberry sauce. A classic French dessert with elegant simplicity.

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Yemenite Charoset

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Dried figs, apricots, and almonds pulsed with honey, coriander, and sweet wine, then rolled in toasted sesame seeds. This Yemenite charoset brings a rich, fragrant twist to your Passover Seder table.

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Yemenite Haroset

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Yemenite haroset with dates, figs, raisins, walnuts, and almonds blended with sweet wine, cumin, cardamom, and cinnamon. A richly spiced Passover tradition from Yemen.

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Christmas Tiramisu

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A holiday tiramisu with espresso-soaked ladyfingers layered in a silky mascarpone custard made with sweet wine and egg yolks, dusted with cocoa. Make it the night before for effortless entertaining.

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