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  4. 23 Delightful White Wine Recipes to Make Now

23 Delightful White Wine Recipes to Make Now

By Food & Wine and Megan Soll
Updated June 04, 2020
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Bright and buttery white wines are the perfect match for plenty of dishes, but cooking with white wine can be even better. Delicious pastas, dishes with mussels, clams, and oysters, and plenty of chicken recipes are made even better when you add wine. Chicken thighs with white wine sauce, buttery pasta with clams, or brothy mussels make for the perfect dish with Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio. Read on for some of our favorite ways to cook with white wine.
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Coq au Riesling

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In this creamy take on coq au vin, the chicken is braised in dry Riesling and silky-rich crème fraîche is stirred in at the end, making it extra-decadent.

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Poached Salmon with Corn and White Wine-Butter Sauce

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Poaching fish in wine is an easy way to infuse it with subtle flavor. To prevent seasoning from washing off, serve the salmon with a sprinkling of coarse salt.

  • Succulent Salmon

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Sauvignon Blanc-Steamed Mussels with Garlic Toasts

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A crisp, citrusy Sauvignon Blanc, such as Indaba, would be great in these mussels and to drink with them.

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Riesling Gelée with Strawberry Conserve

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This beautiful, impressive dessert is easy to make and can be prepared the day before.

  • Beautiful Wine-Infused Desserts

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Viognier-Steamed Clams with Bacon and Parsnips

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These bacon-garnished briny clams, steamed in a fruity and floral Viognier, are perfect for the cooler spring and fall months. Try serving them with the wine they're steamed in.

  • Cooking with Clams

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Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone Ice Cream

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Chef Daniel Humm infuses roasted peaches with honey-rosemary syrup and displays a strong Italian influence by using mascarpone in this ice cream.

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Zesty Braised Chicken with Lemon and Capers

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Sauvignon Blanc adds zip to the lemon-and-caper-infused liquid.

  • Great Chicken Ideas

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Seared Scallops with Pinot Gris Butter Sauce

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Chef Hugh Acheson flavors shallots with butter and Pinot Gris to create a sauce for scallops: "Pinot Gris loves shellfish," he says.

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Garlicky Littleneck Clams 
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A sweet, versatile garlic puree is the star of this satisfying dish. Spreads the leftovers on toast in place of butter or fold it into Greek yogurt for a quick dip. Once the garlic puree is made, this dish comes together in minutes.

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Saffron Risotto

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One of the classic ingredients in this risotto is bone marrow ... not generally something most people have in their larder. But Snake River Farms, one of America’s great meat purveyors, solves that problem. They package and sell dry-aged beef fat, called Chef’s Gold. The flavor is rich and complex, and you can store it in your freezer. And it whips into the risotto just like the butter most recipes call for at the end of cooking. It’s an excellent stand-in for marrow in this dish.

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Linguine with Clams and Fennel

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Cooking clams with sautéed fennel and leeks infuses them with flavor. They’re fanastic with this chile-laced pasta from chef Erling Wu-Bower.

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White Wine–Baked Apples


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The key to these simple baked apples from Spanish winemaker Álvaro Palacios is using a delicious drinking wine, like white Rioja.

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Pork Loin Roast with Caramelized Onions and White Wine–Dijon Sauce


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It’s important to make sure that the pork roast has enough air circulating around it (especially underneath) as it cooks, so use a roasting pan fitted with a rack to elevate the meat as it cooks.

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Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Shallots and White Wine

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Pre-salting the lamb (the longer the better) will deepen its flavor and increase moisture and tenderness in the meat. Afterward, a simple sear then braise renders fork-tender shreds of meat. A spoonful of garlicky gremolata heightens those long-cooked flavors.

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Baked Clams with Bacon and Garlic


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This ultimate version of baked clams has chopped clams in the filling, doubling down on briny clam flavor. Bacon, parsley, lemon and a touch of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese add a savory, herby kick.

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Chicken with Roasted-Garlic Pan Sauce


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This dish is inspired by the rotisserie chicken and sauce from El Asador de Nati in Córdoba. The base for the rich, extremely flavorful pan sauce comes from the chicken pan drippings and a whole head of luscious roasted garlic.

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Summer Squash Gratin


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Laura Rege puts abundant summer squash and zucchini to good use in this beautiful and very simple gratin, which gets fantastic flavor from white wine, leeks and Gruyère cheese.

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Fennel-and-Mussels Alfredo

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This rule-breaking pasta from chef Joshua McFadden will completely change your mind about dairy and seafood. The deeply sweet, creamy flavor of the anise-laced sauce perfectly compliments the brininess of the mussels.

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Lobster Gnudi

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This elegant lobster gnudi dish from chef Scott Conant gets a springy spin with bright green peas and ramp leaves. If you have fresh fava beans, those would also be great tossed into this dish.

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Buttered Pasta with Clams and Green Chiles


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At Chicago’s Roister restaurant, chef Andrew Brochu puts a delicious spin on classic pasta with clam sauce, adding a spicy green chile ragout, fresh herbs, crème fraîche and lime juice.

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Linguine with Red Clam Sauce

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Pasta tossed with plenty of chopped clams, garlic, and tomato sauce is an iconic Italian-American dish. Here, a few simple touches enhance that homestyle taste: A dose of anchovies boost the savory taste of the clams, herby vermouth stands in for dry white wine (although you could use either), and a touch of butter tossed in at the end unites the pasta and sauce in a truly magical way.

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Rustic Garlic Chicken

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Yes, three heads of garlic. You don't have to peel the cloves first. They soften during cooking and take on a subtle sweetness. Each person squeezes the garlic out of its skin onto the plate to eat with the chicken.

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Risotto with Anchovy and Ginger

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Marzapane restaurant in Rome flavors this buttery risotto with both salted anchovies and colatura, the deeply savory Italian version of fish sauce. As a surprisingly delicious contrast to the rich risotto, the chef garnishes the dish with candied ginger.

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1 of 23 Coq au Riesling
2 of 23 Poached Salmon with Corn and White Wine-Butter Sauce
3 of 23 Sauvignon Blanc-Steamed Mussels with Garlic Toasts
4 of 23 Riesling Gelée with Strawberry Conserve
5 of 23 Viognier-Steamed Clams with Bacon and Parsnips
6 of 23 Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone Ice Cream
7 of 23 Zesty Braised Chicken with Lemon and Capers
8 of 23 Seared Scallops with Pinot Gris Butter Sauce
9 of 23 Garlicky Littleneck Clams 
with Fregola

10 of 23 Saffron Risotto
11 of 23 Linguine with Clams and Fennel
12 of 23 White Wine–Baked Apples

13 of 23 Pork Loin Roast with Caramelized Onions and White Wine–Dijon Sauce

14 of 23 Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Shallots and White Wine
15 of 23 Baked Clams with Bacon and Garlic

16 of 23 Chicken with Roasted-Garlic Pan Sauce

17 of 23 Summer Squash Gratin

18 of 23 Fennel-and-Mussels Alfredo
19 of 23 Lobster Gnudi
20 of 23 Buttered Pasta with Clams and Green Chiles

21 of 23 Linguine with Red Clam Sauce
22 of 23 Rustic Garlic Chicken
23 of 23 Risotto with Anchovy and Ginger

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