Sous vide

But I think the same temps apply to kill the worms. The point is that the worms are in the meat rather than just the surface, so you need to reach a sufficient internal temp. The recommended ~75°C/well-done temp is because it kills anything pretty much instantly. You can achieve the same end by holding a lower temp for longer, but (a) that’s harder for people to understand, and (b) pretty hard to do in a pan or oven anyway.

60°C needs a 45 min hold, and the vindaloo has been at 62 for 24 hours, so…

Yes I know.

Of course there is always botulism :rofl:

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Mr @NAM, not that I’m complaining, or anything, because your recipe choices are really ace, and educational, but do you ever eat anything other than Curries ?

I bet your gaff smells erm, authentic, shall we say ? :upside_down_face:

I refer the honourable gentleman to

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Ah, in which case, I stand corrected :+1:

Probably 80% of what I cook is Indian though. Higher sometimes depending on current obsessions :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah- I did read that people debate garlic and vacuum sealing for that reason.

I remember the butcher I used in Canada saying quite firmly when I was buying some pork chops that I shouldn’t ruin them by cooking them anything over medium-rare, they were perfectly safe. I think he told that to every single customer that bought pork :stuck_out_tongue: passionate about his meat.

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Obsessions are to be respected and cherished. They are a sign of a gentleman of distinction.

Or a gentleman of spectrum

We’re all on the spectrum.

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Well, that worked well. Let’s see what it’s like at 48 hours.

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Cooked asparagus. Quite thick stalks. Peeled and into the bag with knob of butter. 82 for 10 minutes then tossed with some salt.

Very very nice.

Cracked the Joule out this weekend for a boys dinner while the missus and kids were visiting family

Tournedos Rossini (fillet topped with seared foie gras and shaved truffles) and madeira / demi glace reduction

SV is such a godsend for such a dish: plenty going on at the end / plating, so not having to worry about the meat being anything other than perfect is bliss

Crap quality photo (thx messenger)
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That sounds incredible.
Photo looks like black pudding in egg.

Yeah, sorry. One of the fellas took the photo.

I was too busy shaving truffle and drinking Barolo.

Haven’t met up for quite some time, obvs, so we made up for lost time

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If anyone is interested, Lidl have vacuum sealers for £19.99 this week.

Cheers. I’ve got an instant pot with a sous vide function and wanted to try it out. Will pick one up later in the week.

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Whooooh … That looks rather lush Craig

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