Sous vide

[T.G]

Originally Posted by stearns

Who here is gonna be the first to SV a pig head?

I sous vided'd a garden salad once. Does that count?




(epic fail btw.)

[stearns]

Had a few friends over last night for the GoT finale, tried to think of something fitting to make for dinner so I ended on a leg of lamb. Went to the butcher and got a beautiful ~6lb leg, bigger than my stock pot so it gave me a legitimate excuse to break out the big tub. I made a spice rub similar to this, although I toasted all of them on a pan before using. I took out the leg, cut around the tip of the bone to make frenching it easier, scored the fat (although not as deep as it should have been) then rubbed it down with half the spice blend. I put a few dashes of liquid smoke in a big vac bag, put the leg in then sealed.

Cooked this for 25 hours at 131* then took it out, patted it down and loaded it up with the rest of the spice blend (althought I added black sesames and a little coffee for the last application, didn't want those flavors permeating but thought they would help make a good crust). I propped it up on a ball of foil and finished in the oven at 450* for 30 minutes.

This thing turned out stunning, better than I could have hoped for. I let it rest about 10 minutes then carved the leg, everything was cooked perfectly. Naturally once I was done I picked up the leg and gnawed at the meat left on the bone. I made a little sauce with the bag juice and some balsamic vinegar, but honestly it didn't need it. My friend's mother came over for dinner as well, she said she hadn't had lamb since she was 10 because she thought she hated it, but after trying this she said she must never had it cooked correctly, because she loved it and would have it again. Even my friend's 5yo daughter was eating it up. Definitely a success I hope to do again sometime soon

[stearns]

Originally Posted by stearns

Had a few friends over last night for the GoT finale, tried to think of something fitting to make for dinner so I ended on a leg of lamb. Went to the butcher and got a beautiful ~6lb leg, bigger than my stock pot so it gave me a legitimate excuse to break out the big tub. I made a spice rub similar to this, although I toasted all of them on a pan before using. I took out the leg, cut around the tip of the bone to make frenching it easier, scored the fat (although not as deep as it should have been) then rubbed it down with half the spice blend. I put a few dashes of liquid smoke in a big vac bag, put the leg in then sealed.

Cooked this for 25 hours at 131* then took it out, patted it down and loaded it up with the rest of the spice blend (althought I added black sesames and a little coffee for the last application, didn't want those flavors permeating but thought they would help make a good crust). I propped it up on a ball of foil and finished in the oven at 450* for 30 minutes.

This thing turned out stunning, better than I could have hoped for. I let it rest about 10 minutes then carved the leg, everything was cooked perfectly. Naturally once I was done I picked up the leg and gnawed at the meat left on the bone. I made a little sauce with the bag juice and some balsamic vinegar, but honestly it didn't need it. My friend's mother came over for dinner as well, she said she hadn't had lamb since she was 10 because she thought she hated it, but after trying this she said she must never had it cooked correctly, because she loved it and would have it again. Even my friend's 5yo daughter was eating it up. Definitely a success I hope to do again sometime soon

Lamb leg ordered for pickup on Saturday, needed to repeat for the last finale on Sunday. Haven't cooked a full leg of lamb since the first time I made it a couple years ago and don't intend to change it in any way, hoping for an equally delicious and visually appealing outcome. I'll post up the results. I'm very excited

[croatan]

Looks and sounds delicious! Thinking I might have to give lamb a try.

[Porch Dweller]

That looks fantastic!!!

[jonumberone]

Awesome job, Ben!

[BigAsh]

Kudos Ben!!

[massphatness]

Question:

If Mary is the mother of Jesus & Jesus is the Lamb of God ...

Did Mary have a little lamb?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Question:

If Mary is the mother of Jesus & Jesus is the Lamb of God ...

Did Mary have a little lamb?

Ewe. Just ewe.




Btw, Ben, I dig the recipie. Might have to try it, I have a freezer full of lamb right now.

[CigarNut]

You, you, Blasphemer!!!

[markem]

Wow, that's a great recipe and technique, Ben!

[Flynnster]

Bought a broken vacuum sealer on Amazon, so in the mean time I've been using the water immersion method. I'm really surprised by how easy it is, and how well it works. If anyone is worried about having to spend another $60-$150 on a vacuum sealer don't worry too much about it unless you want to get into really long cooks.

[stearns]

Originally Posted by Flynnster

Bought a broken vacuum sealer on Amazon, so in the mean time I've been using the water immersion method. I'm really surprised by how easy it is, and how well it works. If anyone is worried about having to spend another $60-$150 on a vacuum sealer don't worry too much about it unless you want to get into really long cooks.

I was using that for a while, it does work well but I got tired of having to clip up the seal part, much easier to toss a whole vac sealed pack completely under water. Still a great backup method

[jonumberone]

I recently had the bracket for my Anova break.
Reached out to them looking to buy a replacement.
They aren't for sale, but they sent me one free of charge.
Before they would send it they wanted me to provide my order number, which I didn't have.
They were pretty adamant about it via email, and offered little assistance.
Thankfully, I ordered directly from them and by calling on the phone they were able to look it up.
I'm not sure how it would've played out if I had purchased through a third party.
It took about 3 days to receive the new bracket.

[stearns]

One of the things I've wanted to cook ever since I got my SV was pork chops, I've never liked them before but I heard they were next level cooked this way. Finally got my chance last night, with some great looking chops I got from my butcher over the weekend. Last weekend I also made some peach chutney similar to this, using local Palisade Peaches (also made peach sugar with the skins that turned out amazing). To make the chops, I pureed some of the chutney and put it in the bag with the meat then cooked at 140* for ~2 hours. I finished in the broiler, at the same time I made a sweet gravy with the bag juice, a little brown sugar, a little chutney and some flour. Cooked the chops maybe 4 minutes per side, took out and covered with the gravy and served with more chutney on the side. This made me a believer in pork chops, can't wait to make again

[Flynnster]

Originally Posted by stearns

One of the things I've wanted to cook ever since I got my SV was pork chops, I've never liked them before but I heard they were next level cooked this way. Finally got my chance last night, with some great looking chops I got from my butcher over the weekend. Last weekend I also made some peach chutney similar to this, using local Palisade Peaches (also made peach sugar with the skins that turned out amazing). To make the chops, I pureed some of the chutney and put it in the bag with the meat then cooked at 140* for ~2 hours. I finished in the broiler, at the same time I made a sweet gravy with the bag juice, a little brown sugar, a little chutney and some flour. Cooked the chops maybe 4 minutes per side, took out and covered with the gravy and served with more chutney on the side. This made me a believer in pork chops, can't wait to make again

Pork is by far my favorite sous vide meat. Chops, tenderloin, belly. It really lets you be comfortable with how well cooked the meat is without drying it out. I'm hoping to get my hands on some wild boar soon, much less lean than normal pork is these days.

[stearns]

Originally Posted by Flynnster

Pork is by far my favorite sous vide meat. Chops, tenderloin, belly. It really lets you be comfortable with how well cooked the meat is without drying it out. I'm hoping to get my hands on some wild boar soon, much less lean than normal pork is these days.

I've done plenty of belly and tenderloin, always been A+. Let us know if you find any boar

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Going to do a combination smoke/sous vide pork butt this weekend as a prelude to pulled pork sammies at a family gathering we're having.

The plan is to smoke the butt for 4-5 hours, vacuum seal then drop it in the meat jacuzzi for 18 hours.

The whole thing is based off a recipe I saw on the Anova website. I'm sure it will be a disaster, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. And it's only family ...

Thought I'd move this here as it's more of a sous vide cook.

I did start the cook out on the pit barrel for about 6 hours until the internal temp hit 160*


Vacuum sealed the butt and added about a half cup of ginger ale, and into the water bath it went for a little more than 18 hours at 165*




The finished product was super moist and had a fabulous smoke flavor!


Wasn't sure what to expect, but it was a definite win & I'll do this again!

[stearns]

ginger ale? sounds interesting, been adding ginger to a lot of stuff lately, gonna keep that in mind next time I'm looking to spice things up

[CigarNut]

Looks really good, Vin!