Sous vide

Sous vide

Sous vide is a system of cooking raw or par-cooked food in a sealed pouch under vacuum. Core temperatures as high as 95°C for 2 minutes, or equivalent are required. The food should be blast chilled to below 3°C within 2 hours of cooking. In the UK storage life of 8 days, including the day of production and consumption is the maximum recommended. The main risk is from anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria such as Closridium botulinum. Spores will survive cooking and temperature abuse during storage may enable germination of spores and multiplication of vegetative bacteria.

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