29 cooking with merlot Recipes

red wine , i like merlot, a good label (if you wouldn tsp drink it, don tsp cook with it), superfine sugar, honey, lemon , juice of, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, orange rind, black peppercorns, firm ripe pears, cream or sour , to serve

olive oil, pot roast, garlic cloves, minced, spanish onions, medium diced, celery ribs, trimmed and sliced into 1 inch pieces, carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch dice, beef broth, dry red wine , such as cabernet sauvignon or 2 cups merlot, tomato paste, your favorite cooked pasta

garlic cloves, peeled, skinless chicken breast halves, skinless chicken drumsticks, skinless chicken thighs, fresh ground black pepper, olive oil, merlot or 2 cups other fruity red wine, fat free chicken broth, chopped seeded peeled tomatoes, tomato paste, kalamata olive, pitted, capers, rinsed, hot cooked couscous, flat leaf parsley (optional)

garlic cloves, peeled, chicken breast halves, skinned, chicken drumsticks, skinned, chicken thighs, skinned, freshly ground black pepper, olive oil, merlot or other fruity red wine, fat-free , less-sodium chicken broth, chopped seeded peeled tomato, tomato paste, kalamata olives, pitted, capers, rinsed, hot cooked couscous, flat-leaf parsley sprigs (optional)

olive oil, chopped onion, garlic finely chopped, cooked chorizo or kielbasa sausage links cut into 1/2 thick slices, paprika, coriander, ground red pepper (cayenne), tomato sauce, dry red wine (such as rioja, bordeaux or merlot ) or beef broth

brown rice, cooked, red seedless grapes, cut in half, green seedless grape, cut in half, celery ribs, fine diced (save the leaves and chop those too), scallions, fine diced (white and green parts ), walnuts, toasted and chopped, fresh mint, fine chopped, vinaigrette (see recipe below ), orange marmalade, salt, pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar, red wine (cabernet, merlot or chianti all will work fine), shallot, minced, orange juice, honey, salt, pepper

butter, for the pan, rice flour , for dusting, cooked medium or long-grain white rice, at room temperature, milk, eggs, sugar, heaping tsp fresh lemon zest, fine sea salt, dark sweet cherries, pitted , or 12 oz pitted frozen cherries, sugar, merlot