Alcohol Substitutes
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 5:02pm

Ingredients




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Preparation

1 KIRSCH: Syrup or juice from black cherries, raspberries, boysenberries,currants, grapes or cherry cider. 2 COGNAC: Juice from peaches, apricots or pears. 3 COINTREAU: Orange juice, or frozen orange juice concentrate. 4 CREME DE MENTHE: Spearmint extract or oil of spearmint diluted with a little water or grapefruit juice. 5 RED BURGUNDY: Grape juice 6 WHITE BURGUNDY: White grape juice 7 CHAMPAGNE: Ginger Ale 8 CLARET: Grape or currant juice, or syrup from cherry cider. 9 FLAMBE'S OR FLAMING DESSERTS: The only substitute that might be used is a sugar cube soaded in lemon extract, then set atop a dessert and burned. 10 BEER OR ALE: Chicken broth, white grape juice, or gingerale 11 BRANDY: Apple cider, peach or apricot syrup. 12 RUM: Pineapple juice or syrup flavored with almond extract. 13 SHERRY: Orange or pineapple juice. 14 RED WINE: (unsweet) water, beef broth, boullion or consome, tomatoe juice (plain or diluted), diluted cider vinegar, or red wine vinegar, liquid drained from mushrooms. 15 WHITE WINE: (unsweet) water, chicken broth, boullion or consome, ginger ale, white grape juice, diluted cider vinegar or white wine vinegar, liquid from canned mushrooms. 16 NOTE*** To cut sweetness of the syrups, dilute with water. Also use flavor extracts for interesting flavors. 17 When alcohol is used in a recipe, it is generally used for one of two reasons; as a flavor enhancer in cooking, or as a meat tenderizer in marinades. A variety of other foods do have the same properties as alcohol in cooking and marinating and can be easily substituted in any recipe. Here are a few suggestions:MARINADES:Substitute for 1 cup of alcohol with:1 cup of citrus juice, Lemonade, Pineapple or Orange Juice. 18 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice or orange juice. 19 1 cup of tomato juice diluted by 1/4 with water or vinegar. 20 1/2 cup of light soy sauce and 1/2 cup of citrus juice. 21 1/2 cup of light soy sauce and 2 TBLS of oil. 22 1 cup of teriyaki sauce 23 1/3 cup of balsamic vinegar 24 FOR COOKING:Non-alcoholic cooking sherry 25 Non-alcoholic cooking wine 26 Raspberry extract (instead of Brandy) 27 Or you can burn the alcohol out of the liquor by heating the liquor in a pan and carefully lighting a match