Kate Heyhoe

Kate's Global Kitchen

 

99 Bottles of Beer, Hurrah!

by Kate Heyhoe

 

Oktoberfest season brings specialty beer drinking to the bar, but beer in the kitchen is too often neglected. I don't mean just offering the cook a few slurps of nutty brown ale, but rather using beers and their frothy friends to ramp up flavors in ways that water, broth, wine and liquors cannot.

Beer

Ales, stouts, bocks, pilsners, and other brews can imbue malty, yeasty, sweet and even fruity tones to everything from soups to desserts. The biggest challenge in cooking with beer is to prevent bitterness from overpowering other flavors. It's best to add the more bitter beers (ones with more hops) to a dish at the end of cooking, as the more they reduce, the more pronounced the bitterness.

Besides being used as a boiling and steaming medium (as for shellfish and sausages), beer is a natural for marinades and deglazing, and pairs beautifully with mustard, honey, and seafood. Many microbreweries produce beers with unusual flavors, like raspberry, lemon or coffee, lending themselves well to game or dessert sauces. Distinctive beer and rich cheeses make exotic combinations that need a hearty bread and little else to make the meal complete. Beer batter for deep-frying is a natural, producing a light, crisp, and crunchy coating, and beer-braised cuts of pork and beef turn out tender and deep flavored, with a syrupy maltiness.

If you're getting a thirst for beer on the plate, check out the links below for tips and recipes that are expressly designed for you to chew your brew.

 

Beer Articles and Recipes

 

Kate's Global Kitchen for October 2004:
10/01/04     99 Bottles of Beer, Hurrah!
10/08/04     Odd and Unusual Cooking Techniques
10/15/04     Slow Cooker, Crock-Pot Round-Up
10/22/04     A Kinder, Gentler Halloween
10/29/04     I Ain't No Vampire ('Cause Garlic Tastes Good to Me)

 

Copyright © 2004, Kate Heyhoe. All rights reserved.

 


Current Kate's Global Kitchen
Kate's Global Kitchen Archive

 
 

This page created October 2004

Top


 

The Global Gourmet
Return to the
Global Gourmet®
Main Page

 

Halloween

 

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

AddThis Feed Button

 

Global Gourmet®
Shopping
Gourmet Food, Cookbooks
Kitchen Gadgets & Gifts

 
Search this site:

Advanced Search
Recent Searches

 

Departments

Kate's Global Kitchen
Kate's Books
Cookbook Profiles
Global Destinations
Holiday & Party Recipes
I Love Desserts
On Wine
Shopping

new green basics New Green Basics
cooking kids Cooking with Kids

Archives
Conversions, Charts
   & Substitutions
Forums/Message Boards
Search

About the
Global Gourmet®
   Contact Info
   Advertising
   Feedback
   Privacy Statement

 

 
IACP Cookbook
Award Winners

Fish Forever
Local Breads
Asian Flavors (Jean-Georges)
Morimoto: Japanese Cooking
Chocolates & Confections
Julia Child
Cook with Jamie
The World Atlas of Wine
Food: The History of Taste
Cook Everything Vegetarian
All Cookbook Winners

JBF Cookbook
Award Winners

River Cottage Meat Book
My Bombay Kitchen
Country Cooking of France
Whole Grain Breads
The EatingWell Diet
Cooking
Geography of Oysters
All Cookbook Winners

Classic Cookbooks

Betty Crocker Why It Works
The Bon Appétit Cookbook
Joy of Cooking
Fifth Taste...Umami
The Professional Chef
New American Cooking
Vegetable Love
Vegetarian Cookbooks

 
 

 
 

Copyright © 1994-2008,
Forkmedia LLC

 

 

 
 

 

Become a Chef:
Best Culinary Schools

 

Green Products
Buy Green

 

Groomsmen Gifts
Grooms Wedding Guide
Bridesmaids Gifts

 

Mom's Recipes

Healthy Dieting

 

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

 

Blender
Small Appliances
& Gift Ideas

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Weight Loss Diet
Vending Machines
Cheap Hotels
Cheap Holidays