One of the reasons that I love sous vide is the idea of infusions, where you are creating a strong new flavor in a base liquid, like yogurt, oil or alcohol. There are various ways to make infusions, one of which is to simply use cold ingredients, which takes time. You can also use hot […]
Sous Vide Vanilla-Lemongrass Syrup
Been really fond of doing infusions with my sous vide set up lately, thinking of recipes for oils, vinegars, booze, yogurt. . . practically any medium I think would benefit from a simple infusion of flavor. Well, how could I help but do so? With sous vide’s given ability of maintaining precise cooking temperatures, this […]
Sous Vide Strawberry-Chili Vinegar
With a sous vide set-up at home, creating infusions such as this strawberry-chili vinegar should be as easy as getting inspiration from practically any fresh produce at the market. Couldn’t be much simpler either, with the task needing you to take note of only two working temperature ranges: 1-4 hours at 131F-160F for water, vinegar, and […]
Sous Vide Ginger Lemon Oil
Oil infusions may not come new to many of us and that enough speaks for the wonder of this culinary technique. Perhaps born more out of the need for another form of preservation, it has indeed given cooks yet another excellent way to add flavor to their culinary creations. With this simple olive oil infusion, […]
Sous Vide Mango-Coffee Preserve
I love experimenting a lot with my jams, jellies, and all other fruit preserves, having tried lots of flavor combinations from more traditionally accepted ones to the possibly unimaginable. I’ll have to say that this is my favorite so far. Breakfast in a bottle, as I’d like to call it, the aroma of sweet ripe […]