Low temperature cooking “SOUS-VIDE”

Among the innovative and healthy cooking methods, "sous vide" cooking or vacuum cooking certainly proves itself.
It is a method which, although historically dates back to the nineteenth century, has become more widespread in the last few years and is distinguished by the use of special plastic bags, inside which to prepare the food with any condiments. The peculiarity of "sous vide" cooking lies in the fact that the foods are cooked at a precisely controlled temperature, which is around 50°-70° and this ensures that tastier and more nutritious products are put on the table.
In fact, the advantages guaranteed by vacuum cooking include:

     greater preservation of food, given that 90% of the bacteria present is killed
     constant and gentle penetration of heat for even cooking
     no dispersion of flavour
     fat-free cooking to add
     no potentially carcinogenic food burns
     no thermal shock on the food

In order to cook sous-vide, it is necessary to have special tools to do so. First of all the bags: the bags on the market are not all the same and to carry out this type of cooking there are special models that are free of PVC and BPA; they are rather made of polyethylene and polyamide. The plastics used for vacuum bags are distinguished by the fact that they are particularly resistant both to hot temperatures up to 120° and to cold ones, in case you want to put the food in the freezer after cooking.

Low temperature cooking tools

Although there are bizarre methods with which to exploit steam for vacuum cooking (we refer to cooking in the dishwasher), it is necessary to have ad hoc tools available, such as the special cookers that can be found on D.L.Service Div. e- commerce.
The products for vacuum cooking or "sous vide" have a capacity of 28 liters (mod. smartvide4) or 56 liters (mod. smartvide6/mod. smartvide8) and a power of 2000 W. The temperature range they can reach varies from a minimum of 5° to a maximum of 95°; therefore never exceeding 100°, they are very valid cookers for cooking at low temperatures. They are also equipped with a display and a Bluetooth function.