Champagne is common at New Year’s celebrations and other parties year round. For a delicious different experience, try a dish using champagne as an ingredient.

Champagne Cooking Tips

• Using champagne is much like cooking with wine. You do not need expensive champagne, and leftovers will work fine as long as they are not over a week old. Wine tends to turn to vinegar quickly after opening, and you do not want a sharp, vinegar flavor to pervade your finished product.

• If you do not get a chance to use that leftover champagne within about a week, all is not lost. Save it to use as champagne vinegar.

• Domestic champagnes are just fine for cooking.

• You may also substitute corresponding non-sparkling white wines for most of these recipes, if you don’t want to splurge on champagne.

• The majority of any alcohol content will burn out during cooking processes, but be aware that even a tiny amount may still be enough to trigger reactions in those sensitive to alcohol.

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