page_title: Wine sauce
section_title: Use in dishes
hierarchical_section_title: Wine sauce / Use in dishes
caption_attribution_description: English: Coq au Van 10-29-09 IMG_9331 Français&#160;: Coq au vin rouge
context_page_description: Wine sauce is a culinary sauce prepared with wine as a primary ingredient, heated and mixed with stock, butter, herbs, spices, onions, garlic and other ingredients. Several types of wines may be used, including red wine, white wine and port wine. Some versions are prepared using a reduction. Several types of wine sauces exist, and it is used in many dishes, including those prepared with seafood, poultry and beef.
  Wine sauces are associated with French cuisine.
context_section_description: Wine sauce may be used in seafood dishes, such as those prepared using tuna and salmon. White wine sauce has been described as "a classic sauce for fish". It is used for poultry dishes, such as chicken, quail and others. Coq au vin is a French chicken dish that may be prepared using wine sauce prepared from red or white wine. It is used in various beef dishes. Swiss steak is sometimes prepared with wine sauce. Pork dishes may also be prepared with it, such as those prepared from boneless pork loin or pork tenderloin. It may be used with rabbit dishes, and with some wild game dishes. Vegetarian dishes may also be prepared using wine sauce.
  Wine sauce is sometimes used as a marinade for seafood preparations, such as herring in wine sauce, which is prepared by allowing cured herring to soak in a vinegar and wine sauce. This may be performed with the fish and sauce in jars. The wine sauce for this preparation is made by boiling vinegar, wine, onion, sugar and spices, such as bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, allspice, ginger, nutmeg and pepper, after which is rests to allow time for the ingredients to incorporate their flavors. Afterward, the sauce is strained and used to marinate the herring.
  Additionally, plain wine itself without any further preparation may be used as a sauce on foods, such as on pears or on desserts such as ice cream.
caption: Close-up of coq au vin rouge
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