Italian and Portuguese chefs weigh in on the old-school cooking trick.
in San Francisco, he remembers friends and family back home in Portugal often using cork while cooking octopus. “In the Azores, octopus is cooked with red wine. I’d see them open up the bottle, pour in the wine, and throw in the cork,” he recalls. “They would also put it in a pot of beans so that it wouldn’t foam over.” in Las Vegas remembers her Portuguese and Italian grandmothers repurposing wine corks in their kitchens.
So, should you cook with cork or not? We say it can’t hurt to experiment with cork to keep fruit fresh or pots of water from boiling over. But, if you’re going to use a wine cork for a more tender bite, we recommend making sure your ingredients are fresh and using basic tenderization techniques . Then, go ahead and cork it like Beckham.
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