Sous-vide technique creates liquor with more character

James MacWilliams, bartender at the well-known Canlis restaurant in Seattle, makes his own flavored liquors using handpicked spices, strawberries and other ingredients. He controls the intensity of flavor by using the sous-vide technique, which calls for sealing ingredients in a bag and cooking them in hot, but not boiling, water.

TheAtlantic.com | 11/12 Bookmark and Share

This story published in ProChef SmartBrief on 11/13/2009





Get stories like these delivered daily for FREE:
ProChef SmartBrief
Designed specifically for chefs and foodservice professionals, ProChef SmartBrief from The Culinary Institute of America is a FREE, daily e-mail newsletter. It provides a summary of the most important news that keeps industry professionals like you smart and saves you time. Sign up today to receive ProChef SmartBrief, free of charge. Learn more