Hello my Foodie Friends!
Being part of downtown Saratoga offers us the ability to serve not only our home chefs, but to also work with the incredible professional chefs from our area restaurants. A tool that is often asked for is the Sous Vide immersion blender. Sous vide (it’s pronounced soo-veed) sounds like a term that famous chefs would throw around—and it is. Fancy kitchen professionals have been using the sous vide cooking technique for years, primarily because it cooks meat and fish more evenly than any other method and retains vegetables’ color, flavor, and nutrients in a way steaming never could. What on earth is it, though? Sous vide is a technique that involves sealing meat or veggies in an air-tight bag (sous vide means “under vacuum” in French), then submerging and cooking them in a temperature-controlled water bath. Sous-vide cooking lets you control the final temperature of your food exactly, making overcooked food virtually extinct. Unlike cooking food in the oven or grill—which heats foods much higher than their target temperatures—leaving your steak in a sous-vide bath an extra 1o minutes or so isn’t going to take it from medium-rare to well-done. It’s also an extremely moist cooking environment, as nothing is going to evaporate from a vacuum-sealed bag—meaning dry, drab pork chops are a thing of yesteryear. Best of all, it’s super easy. Just pick your target temperature, seal your meat in a bag, and set it in the bath. Set a timer and, once your meat is cooked to your desired “doneness,” pull it out, pat it off with paper towels, and give it a hot sear.
The All-Clad Sous Vide Immersion Blender. The All Clad Sous Vide cooking technique matches with the brand’s heritage, focusing on uncompromising performance and quality results that professional chefs expect. The All-Clad Sous Vide Immersion Circulator allows you to create perfectly cooked, and juicy results that are never overcooked. The thermal circulator continuously pumps water at programmed temperature to ensure consistent cooking temperatures set with .1 degree accuracy. The sous vide circulator offers a professional style precise temperate control with a quiet and compact design for the ultimate cooking experience. The unit’s adjustable clamp allows you to secure your circulator to whatever cooking vessel you prefer, while the easy to use control panel displays real time temperature and timer to conveniently monitor your progress. Satisfy your passion for cooking and getting perfect results with the All-Clad Sous Vide Immersion Circulator. Convenient: Countdown timer to track the progress.
- Easy to Use:
Easy to read LED displays real time temperature and timer to monitor your progress. - Intuitive/Precise:
Professional style precise temperate control. - Design:
Beautiful, high gloss All-Clad stainless steel finish. - Durability:
Easy to use adjustable clamp to secure your circulator to whatever cooking vessel you prefer.
Sous vide cooking is much easier than you might think,
and usually involves three simple steps:
1. Attach your precision cooker to a pot of water and set the time and temperature according to your desired level of doneness.
2. Put your food in a sealable bag and clip it to the side of the pot.
3. Finish by searing, grilling, or broiling the food to add a crispy, golden exterior layer.
Sous vide cooking utilizes temperature control with circulation to produce results that you can’t achieve through any other cooking technique. The reason: when using traditional methods of cooking, you don’t have control over heat and temperature. Consequently, it’s very difficult and time consuming to consistently cook great food. Food ends up overcooked on the outside with only a small portion in the center that is cooked to the temperature you want. Food loses flavor and ends up with a dry, chewy texture.
Stop by Compliments to the Chef, your neighborhood kitchen and cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place to check out the tools to help you cook like a professional. Remember my Foodie Friends; “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”
Take Care,
John & Paula
