Definitions
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- adverb Describing a method of
cooking , intended to maintain theintegrity ofingredients , in which food is heated inairtight bags for an extended period of time at relatively low, but tightly controlledtemperatures .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer at Microsoft, was inspired to create the culinary colossus in 2004 after discovering that a cooking technique called sous-vide - which uses vacuum-sealed bags to cook food in water under very controlled temperatures - was not widely available.
The Guardian World News Carlene Thomas-Bailey 2011
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Oven bags have one huge advantage: They'll protect your turkey if you decide to follow the advice of French chemist and molecular gastronmist interview last year with Nature magazine, Dr. This suggested that cooking a turkey in a dishwasher tightly enclosed in several roasting bags can emulate the low, slow cooking style known as sous-vide, a restaurant technique that results in extraordinarily tender, moist, and flavorful meat.
Forbes.com: News Victoria von Biel 2011
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Naturally probably the wrong word sous-vide is a favoured cooking method.
Evening Standard - Home Fay Maschler 2012
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Nicky Loh for the Wall Street Journal French for 'under vacuum,' sous-vide gained popularity in the last decade thanks to chefs such as Thomas Keller and Ferran Adriá.
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'I'm not just following a trend—sous-vide should be the new gold standard for cooking curries,' says Mr. Lee.
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The entire dish was suffused with garlic and olive puree, but the underlying memory is of how precisely it was cooked, due no doubt to the use of sous-vide , or controlled-temperature cooking in vacuum-sealed bags.
Back to the Basics Bruce Palling 2011
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We cook clams, cockles and oysters sous-vide...because then you keep the juices intact and they are not transformed by the cooking process.
A Revelation in Chiswick Bruce Palling 2011
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The array of baby vegetables – fennel, artichoke, turnip, radish, eggplant and carrots – have been vacuum-packed with a vegetable bouillon and cooked in a water bath at precisely 68 ˚ C (a method called "sous-vide" that ensures extra tenderness).
'Flower Pot,' at The Krug Room Amy Ma 2010
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Interestingly, Mr. Jonsson disapproves of Modernist Cuisine and the addition of chemicals to dishes, but he is all in favor of the sous-vide, or "boil in a bag," cooking techniques.
A Revelation in Chiswick Bruce Palling 2011
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Inspired by ceviche, a South American seafood preparation, his turnip plate entails poaching the vegetable in a cumin vinaigrette—sous-vide style, at a low temperature—and then tossing it with quinoa, a spicy habenero purée, mint and a sweet something like dried apricot, husk cherry or honey.
Why You Should Dig Turnips Charlotte Druckman 2011
Prolagus commented on the word sous-vide
(Science Nerds Meet Foodies In 'Modernist Cuisine', by Linda Wertheimer)
March 12, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word sous-vide
Wikipedia tells us "sous-vide" is French for "under vacuum" and "is a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath for a long time—72 hours is not unusual—at an accurately determined temperature much lower than normally used for cooking, typically around 60 °C or 140 °F."
August 4, 2011