Champagne

Who has extra champagne in their fridge? I do... I know it's weird but that's what I get for having a New Years party, people bring alcohol and the champagne gets ignored. So I had 2 bottles of champagne and I didn't know what to do with it so I decided to cook with it because you can't open it and have only one glass.

I'll start with the bad. I tried to bake cookies; it was bad. I put champagne, flour, sugar, butter, shortening, 1 egg, and baking soda. I baked it at 350 for 13 minute. They looked so good. They smelled really good. They tasted nasty. I have never thrown out cookies before but these were awful. They tasted metallic. I'm not sure if it was the champagne or the baking soda. I think it may have been that my baking soda was old.

The good: Italian sausage, spinach, onion, and champagne. Put the sausage in a pot of champagne and let that simmer for about an hour. Then drop 1 chopped onion in the pot with the champagne and let that simmer. Pull the sausage and drop in the spinach and let that wilt down (you could also use frozen spinach, just defrost it and drain it before mixing it in the pot). My secret for spinach is nutmeg. Add a little bit for that extra something. There shouldn't be much champagne left in the bottom of the pot. Now cut the sausage up and mix it back into the pot and let the sausage heat back up again. I threw a little pepper and salt over the top. To complete the meal make a bowl of rice and drop the whole mix over the top. It's pretty fantastic!

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