The Sous VIde Thread

[ehkay]

Since it was seemingly suggested yesterday, and since it would be nice if a lot of the questions were consolidated, I figured we should just have a nice thread to discuss this 40-odd year old fad.

I don't really have any questions or comments at the moment, so instead I'll just link this sweet video from Joan "living sous-vida" Roca.

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EDIT: If someone could edit the capitalization in the title, that would be good.

 

[sygyzy]

Ok I'll start - what are your favorite things to make SV? Also, post pictures of your setup.

 

[ehkay]

You want RAZR pics of my setup? Tomorrow when there's light. LOL.
I have a Vacmaster VP215, and a Julabo circulator. I think an older version of this one.


Anyway, favorites I'll breakdown a bit.

Meat: Veal Breast (62/18 hours or 72/8 hours, depending on the texture I feel like having.) Lately I haven't really done much short-time, cook to warm through cooking for meat, other than things like chicken breasts and pork chops during the week.
Vegetables: Baby Turnips bagged with smoked turkey wing; fennel; potatoes
Compressed: Strawberries (esp. with ginger syrup)

 

[sygyzy]

Wow, I'm impressed. I don't know anyone that has a chamber vac.

 

[mgm9128]

Vegetables are my favorite thing to cook sous vide. Turnips and fennel are great, and I am a big fan of sous vide artichokes.

 

[mgm9128]

Oh, and pears are awesome.

 

[edinatlanta]



Oh, and pears are awesome.

You ever had a fresh grape? Huh? I've had fresh *apples*. Never had a fresh *grape*. Never had a fresh *cherry*. Never had a fresh *pear*. Never *seen* a pear. Never saw a pear outside of a fruit stand.

 

[mgm9128]

Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie.

 

[edinatlanta]

GOD DAMMIT EDINATLANTA ******* FIALS AGAIN

 

[Rambo]

See, I told you we had a sous vide thread

 

[ehkay]



Oh, and pears are awesome.

Going to do some pickled apples today. Should've gotten pears also.

 

[b1os]



Going to do some pickled apples today. Should've gotten pears also.

Please try the red beet pickles "recipe" I've posted. If you have rose water (and raspberry vinegar helps, too).

 

[itsstillmatt]



Please try the red beet pickles "recipe" I've posted. If you have rose water (and raspberry vinegar helps, too).

WHere is? I have all of these things.

 

[b1os]



WHere is? I have all of these things.

It's just a "recipe".
Slice red beets, IIRC raw ones. Vacuum with rose water and raspberry vinegar for ten, yeah just ten, minutes. Enjoy. You've got to figure out the ratios, but I can tell you that it's really nice.
Other "recipes" are: slightly cooked carrots with ginger honey; cucumber with dill. All vacuumed, all ten minutes. I prefer the beets though.

 

[ehkay]



It's just a "recipe".
Slice red beets, IIRC raw ones. Vacuum with rose water and raspberry vinegar for ten, yeah just ten, minutes. Enjoy. You've got to figure out the ratios, but I can tell you that it's really nice.
Other "recipes" are: slightly cooked carrots with ginger honey; cucumber with dill. All vacuumed, all ten minutes. I prefer the beets though.

I don't have rosewater or raspberry vinegar. Was probably going to quick pickle some carrots today in a similar fashion though.