Monday 10 December 2012

Equipments You Need At Home For Sous Vide

sous vide

Sous Vide is a unique way of cooking food under vacuum. This is a very awkward and complex sounding way of cooking. The process involved here is very unorthodox. Here, the food is sealed under vacuum and cooked for 72 long hours in a water bath where the temperature remains consistent. In spite of its unusual way of coking, there are two things that are very appealing. Firstly, cooking in this method will give you a healthier food than the natural way of cooking. Secondly, as there is a vacuum, the nutrients, the aroma, the unique texture remains intact giving it the perfect blende needed before serving it.

After knowing the importance of Sous Vide, it is very important to know about the basic equipment, this form of cooking needs.

Vacuum Sealer Machine 

The Vacuum Machine, Machine Sous Vide in French, are the machines intended to create vacuum around the food. Mostly they are used by people packaging the food under vacuum for storage. This concept which is popularly known as Emballage Sous Vide in French is carried out in most places of World. But, it has use in this form of cooking as well. It helps in creating a vacuum around the food by completely eliminating the air surrounding a piece of food and then sealing a plastic cover around it. Now, the cover along with the food becomes eligible for cooking. It is easy to seal solid food better than the liquids.

Water Bath

A Water Bath is a small water reservoir which holds the vacuum packed food for cooking. The Water Bath contains water maintained at a consistent temperature throughout the process of cooking. There are several models available with different sizes according to the use. The home makers can even make their own water bath by having an immersion circulator. The water is filled inside the tub and the immersion rod inside the water. With a fixed temperature set the cooking process is carried out. 

Emballage Sous Vide is carried out in many places as opposed to the cooking method discussed above.

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