Sous-Vide Cooking
Sous vide cooking, the secret tool of innovative chefs, is now becoming popular with home cooks. The sous vide method of cooking produces perfectly tender meats and tender-crisp vegetables without any danger of overcooking. If you are new to the idea of sous vide cooking, it may take a little getting use to; but once you eat a meal cooked sous vide, you’ll understand what the fuss is about.
What is Sous Vide?
The French term sous vide means “under vacuum”, but a vacuum isn’t needed. Sealed in a plastic bag, the food simmers in a water bath that is kept at the right temperature for the desired degree of doneness. For example, if you prefer your steak cooked medium, the water bath is set to 145 degrees. Once the steak reaches 145 degrees, it is perfectly cooked to medium doneness. A quick sear to brown the outside and it is ready to eat.
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The water bath temperature is set to the desired final temperature so it is impossible to overcook the food. In conventional cooking method, food dries out and changes in texture as the temperature rises. A few minutes too long in the oven or pan can make a big difference in the flavor, moisture and texture of the food. In sous vide cooking, once the desired temperature is reached the food can remain in the water bath for a few extra hours, if necessary, with no change in the quality of the food. This means that the cook can produce food at the exact degree of doneness every time--vegetables perfectly tender crisp, meat moist and tender--never
We sprinkled parsley on top and then put the fish on the grill inside a tight wrap of aluminum foil. Although this was not part of the Redwall recipe, we decided to make some broccoli and
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Nancy Cohen states that common food safety is overlooked in cooking shows. A lot of the issues she raises mainly involve hygienic practices not performed by the chefs in the shows. She states, “Bare-hand contact contributes to 35% of foodborne outbreaks from restaurants; thus, avoiding bare-hand contact, washing hands, and using gloves are critical steps in preventing foodborne illness” (Cohen). Washing hands is a huge concern to keep bacteria from infecting the food; however, in the show none of the chefs wash their hands before making the food. In the show, the chefs marinated the steaks with their bare-hands.
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The meat is cooked so that it can be more tender. Your fourth step will be to prepare the recado that is the second dough, blend onions, sweet peppers, tomatoes, salt, garlic, and achiote that is used for color. Then, add and stir one cup of the white dough previously made. The use of rice is optional just, cook steam rice and cut potatoes into small square pieces.
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Osmosis Investigation Aim the aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect of changing the concentration of sucrose on the rate of osmosis in cylinders of potatoes. This would happen by using similar sizes and lengths potato cylinders and applying them to different concentrations of sucrose(0%, 10%, 20%, 40%) in small beakers then measuring the change in mass of the potato cylinders afterwards. Maintaining all variables unchanged such as pH, same size, and a constant temperature. time taken for all potato cylinders will be 30 minutes.
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