Week 13

Sous Vide and Beef

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Method of Cooking

This week we will are continuing our combination cooking methods (dry and moist). We will be cooking some beef using a water bath and precision circulation - Sous Vide. Sous Vide is French for “under vacuum” and describes the cooking of raw ingredients in heat-stable, vacuumed pouches at precise temperatures. (Canvas, Week 13 Overview)

Learning Objectives

Prepare a meat product for cooking using a combination cooking method: Sous Vide

Understand the different cuts of beef

Menu

Sous Vide Steak

Stir Fry Asparagus

Beer Battered Onion Rings

Steak Fries

Method of Cooking

For this week we will be fry french fries, beer battered union rings, we will do so by utilizing a deep fryer. We will twice fry the french fries to give them an extra layer of fry that should turn out terrific. Furthermore, we will be sautéing asparagus in a pan to allow for a great dish. Lastly, we will sous vide a filet mignon which is a process of putting the meat in a vacuumed sealed bag and placing it in heated water. This allows for the meat to be cooked extremely evenly. Once we take the meat out of the bag we will sear the filet mignon on every side.

Research

Origin/History

Sous Vide Steak

The creation of sous vide comes from two french chefs, Bruno Goussault and George Pralus. This technique was developed by them in 1971 for making roast beef more tender. Pralus then harped on this method by using plastic to help with this cooking process; 1974.

Stir Fry Asparagus

This wonderful cooking technique originated in China as two different methods, Chao and Bao. The date of which this technique originated is largely unknown, but this method has taken off due too its simplicity and taste.

Beer Battered Onion Rings

The first recored recipe for union rings was created by John Mollads in 1802. Since this book, union rings have taken off as one of the many staple foods in America.

Steak Fries

The origin of this amazing dish can be contributed to the French and Belgium's. Once again the French produce a wonderful food. Anyway almost every country has their own version of french fries, but the french lead the way.

Variations

The variations for all these dishes vary extremely. All them have a simple foundation but once you steer away from that the variation begins to take notice. For the sous vide steak any kind of seasoning can be added to the steak. The unions rings and french fries can have all kinds of seasonings added to them. Lastly, stir fry has all kinds of ways to properly stir fry a food.

Recipes

Plan of Work

Plate Presentation

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Citations

About stir frying. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2021, from https://ifood.tv/method/stir-frying/about

Onion Rings | Foods & Recipes - American Civil War Forums. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2021, from https://civilwartalk.com/threads/onion-rings.114927/

Popovici, A. (2018, May 09). The colonel in the kitchen: A surprising history of Sous vide. Retrieved November 16, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/05/09/608308624/the-colonel-in-the-kitchen-a-surprising-history-of-sous-vide

Steak frites. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/steak-frites