Splendid Sous Vide Recipes - Allie Allen - Bog

How do you cook with the sous vide method? Why do so many people enjoy eating foods prepared this way? Sure, it's an innovative way to cook, but does the taste live up to the hype? This cookbook is all about using a sous vide cooker. Once, it was only used in fancy restaurants. Now, it's accessible for home cooks, which can be great news for you. Basically, sous vide involves putting your ingredients in a vacuum-sealed or zipper-top bag, then cooking them gently in a water bath that is temperature-controlled with an immersion circulator. Does that sound confusing? Isn't it about the same as poaching foods? Not really, no. The cooker does all the technical work - all you have to do is set it like you set your slow cooker. Sous vide helps foods to retain all their natural juices, and that's what the foods are cooked in. None of the flavors is lost. Keep reading - maybe sous vide cooking IS for you!