# White wine sauce and mince?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** wine
**Created:** [October 31, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294 "2015-10-31T22:53:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/1 "2015-10-31T22:53:17Z")
Hey all - apologies, this is pretty dull…
I have some white wine sauce left over from tonight, and some beef mince defrosting for tomorrow. They don’t seem like naturally wedded ingredients, but any ideas for a dish where I could use both together? Instinctively the idea of both together seems gross - but you never know…
Thanks in advance…
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### Author:  [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/2 "2015-10-31T23:48:09Z")
White wine is often used in beef stroganoff recipes. Could you make it into a version of that?
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/3 "2015-11-01T13:21:11Z")
They work fine together, I do it fairly regularly. In fact, it’s the basis of a [Bolognese Sauce](http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015181-marcella-hazans-bolognese-sauce).
Truly, you can substitute white wine for red in almost anything. It tends to produce a lighter style of sauce, and that’s not a bad thing at all.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/4 "2015-11-01T15:24:06Z")
I don’t know what your ‘white wine sauce’ consists of. But you could make something like Swedish meatballs, mix with this sauce and serve over noodles. A touch of sherry in a sauce is not uncommon and can make the difference between good and very good.
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/5 "2015-11-01T15:42:39Z")
Oops, I missed the ‘sauce’ part. Still, though, I would guess it would work just fine with the mnce.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-wine-sauce-and-mince/736294/6 "2015-11-01T15:54:34Z")
> [@salinqmind](#):
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> I don’t know what your ‘white wine sauce’ consists of. But you could make something like Swedish meatballs, mix with this sauce and serve over noodles. A touch of sherry in a sauce is not uncommon and can make the difference between good and very good.
That came to mind except for not knowing the type of sauce. I’d probably find some vegetable to serve with the white wine sauce and do something else with the mince.
However one possibility that probably shouldn’t be tried is a [non-traditional English Trifle a la Rachel Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08pqAaJi5k).