Being the well-connected tastemaker that I am, I sometimes get sent
emails about “new and exciting” products.
I don’t actually get the sent the products themselves - I’m not that
well-connected - but at least I’m spared the agony of being corrupted.
So I’ve been receiving a lot of news lately about Sous-Vide
magazine. I suspect most of the world
has never heard of sous-vide cooking - vacuum-sealing ingredients and then
cooking them very slowly in warm water bath for a very long time, and requiring
some expensive machinery if you’re serious about it.
Among those who have heard of it, many are still skeptical. I once ate
a boiled egg that had been cooked sous–vide (for 12 hours as I remember, but I
may be exaggerating) and it was great, probably as great as a boiled egg can
ever be – but you know, it was still a boiled egg.
Anyway I thought the days of peak sous-vide were behind us but given
the existence of the magazine (now on its second issues) perhaps not.
The current issue has recipes for sous-vide octopus
(and it does seem to me that would be an ideal way to cook octopus) and also instructions
on how to make sous-vide compressed watermelon and cryoconcentrated pea soup
(don’t ask).
And there is even a sous vide recipe for – set your
face to stun - a cocktail, in this case named “A Sour in the Key of Raffi” as served
at The Aviary, Chicago. The mag tells
us, “This gin-based cocktail combines a kicky sous-vide banana-curry syrup with
a thick, creamy egg foam and nutmeg finish.”
Oh, who among us hasn’t craved kicky sous-vide
banana-curry syrup with our gin? I won’t
spoil thing for you, and them, by giving away the rest of the recipe – full
marks for effort - and it ends up looking like this:
You know, I’m really glad I don’t have to drink it.
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