Elevate your pasta dish by cooking it in other liquids besides water. Using red wine as a liquid substitute can truly enhance your dinner experience with almost no extra effort.

Cooking pasta in red wine will turn it into a beautiful deep shade of red or purple. Besides appearance, it upgrades the flavor by breaking down fats and oils present in the dish.

Even though the more subtle characteristics of the wine are likely to be lost during the cooking process, the bold as well as the tannic elements of the wine will persevere.

While you can choose a wine you enjoy drinking, a dry wine with some acidity, such as a Chianti or other sangiovese-based wine, will complement your pasta dish well.