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Where to buy Marsala cooking wine or similar?

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  • 17-08-2017 4:39am
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    Tedious Bore
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    Trying to find Marsala cooking wine for chicken&mushroom hotpot recipe. Anyone know if supermarkets sell this or similar?

    or would appreciate any suggestions for a dry sherry that might be suitable for this kind of dish?

    thanks


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    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,620 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I remember seeing little plastic bottles in Supervalu (the ones that used to be Superquinns) of different types of cooking wine.
    They were about €2.50 for 200mls. The range is called Montebello, I'm sure I've seen a dry red and a Marsala but not sure if the Marsala was in Supervalu or not:
    https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/food-cupboard-vinegar-montebello-red-cooking-wine-187-millilitre-/p-1060298001

    Actually... I think I saw some in Spar Vernon Avenue in Clontarf D3, so chance your locals Spars.

    Tesco have these sherries, which would be good for drinking, have never used them for cooking though!

    Tesco Cream Sherry 1L for €9, made from Palomino grape which is supposed to be dry.
    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=255246451

    Tesco Finest Oloroso Sherry 50Cl for €12
    Oloroso should make a dry style sherry. I've read good reports of the Tesco Finest range of sherries and picked up a bottle for a friend who was very happy with it :)
    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=268076506

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Tedious Bore
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Tedious Bore


    Hey, thanks for taking the time to send all that. Very helpful cheers

    I had googled around but was getting confused with people disagreeing over which ones were dry enough for cooking, and then some were just very expensive. Think I might go Tescos finest one
    Thanks


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    RasTa
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    Just use white wine instead if it's just chicken and mushroom hotpot


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    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,620 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Ps Cooking wine has added salt so reduce the amount of salt in the recipe by a pinch.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    DavyD_83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    I have a bottle of Marsala that I got in Tesco,
    I think because Gordon Ramsey's fish pie recipe says to use it and I was curious.


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    BailMeOut
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    your local wine shop should have Madeira which is interchangeable with Marsala.


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    #8
    Tedious Bore
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Tedious Bore


    thanks for replies. got Tio Pepe dry sherry in dunnes


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    Merowig
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭Merowig


    http://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Marsala

    Dawson Street

    I would ask as well Little Italy in North King Street/Smithfield - they might stock it as well.


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