Does reducing & cooking wine burn off the alcohol?

MrsE_2

Does reducing wine burn off the alcohol?

Got 1/3 of a bottle of wine left over from last night, I'm on anti Bs that I really can't drink on. I'm making a beef casserole today & I started reducing the wine to add to the slow cooker, then I realised maybe it doesn't burn off ALL the alcohol & I shouldn't use the reduced liquid.

So does reducing & cooking it really burn it all off?

Steve059

Ethyl alcohol's boiling point is 78.37°C. So, the answer is yes.

sooty&sweep

Hi

As I understand it alcohol reaches its boiling point and turns to gas at a lower temperature water does. So yes I believe the alcohol should have evaporated away.

Jen

Dunroamin

Even if there's a tiny amount left, it's not going to affect your anti biotics.

Toonie

Not all of the alcohol burns off as it takes time to do so and some alcohol is generally left.

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blalcohol12.htm

MrsE_2

Dunroamin wrote: »

Even if there's a tiny amount left, it's not going to affect your anti biotics.

It will these ones, the doctor warned me, the pharmacist warned me & DO NOT DRINK is highlighted on the box.

MrsE_2

Toonie wrote: »

Not all of the alcohol burns off as it takes time to do so and some alcohol is generally left.

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blalcohol12.htm

Dane I've added it now :-(

Slinky_Malinky

Why not freeze the wine reduction and use it when you have finished your ABs.

Hope you feel better soon,
SM

MrsE_2

Slinky_Malinky wrote: »

Why not freeze the wine reduction and use it when you have finished your ABs.

Hope you feel better soon,
SM

I was going to do that, but I thought I was safe & added it.

lobbyludd

1/3 of a 75cl bottle of wine at (assuming) 12% contains 3 units of alcohol. depending on how long you reduced the wine prior to putting in the sc, and how long you simmer in the sc it will have (according to that chart) between 5 and 30% of the the 3 units left:

so between a sixth to one unit, which will be divided by all the portions you have.

move dinner back an hour and simmer it for that extra so that it has less than a sixth of a unit between all portions.

you are then brining the alcohol content into the range that can occur naturally in fresh fruit juices, does the label also says to avoid drinking orange juice?

BTW - this isn't medical advice, just info on the maths and alcohol content in various foods/cooking methods.

you could ring NHS direct?

MrsE_2

lobbyludd wrote: »

1/3 of a 75cl bottle of wine at (assuming) 12% contains 3 units of alcohol. depending on how long you reduced the wine prior to putting in the sc, and how long you simmer in the sc it will have (according to that chart) between 5 and 30% of the the 3 units left:

so between a sixth to one unit, which will be divided by all the portions you have.

move dinner back an hour and simmer it for that extra so that it has less than a sixth of a unit between all portions.

you are then brining the alcohol content into the range that can occur naturally in fresh fruit juices, does the label also says to avoid drinking orange juice (not pineapple - that's a separate issue)?

BTW - this isn't medical advice, just info on the maths and alcohol content in various foods/cooking methods.

Thank you. No nothing about fruit juice :-)
I simmered it for about 10 mins & reduced it from 1/3 bottle to about half a cup.

I've then put that in the slow cooker & will simmer for about 6 hours or so.