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White Wine Maple Poached Pears

Courtesy of Jana Seitzer (MerlotMommy.com) Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 2 cups (480 ml) white wine 2 cups (480 ml) water 1 cup (240 ml) maple syrup 1 ¼ cups (240 g) sugar 4 pears DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the Sous Vide Supreme water oven to 176F/80C. Combine all ingredients, except the pears, in a saucepan. Simmer and reduce sauce until about 20% of the liquid has cooked down and the alcohol cooked away. Peel and core the pears. Put the pear halves in a single layer into large zip-closure cooking pouch(es). Pour the syrup over them, dividing it between pouches, if … Read More

Vanilla Cardamom Rice Pudding with Cherries

Courtesy of Jana Seitzer (MerlotMommy.com) Serves 4 to 6 INGREDIENTS 3 1/2 cups (840 ml) skim milk* 2 cups (420 g) Arborio rice ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) cardamom 1 tablespoon (15 ml) pure vanilla extrac ½ cup (130 g) fresh, frozen, or canned dark sweet cherries 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla sugar for finishing, optional* DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the Sous Vide Supreme water oven to 180F/82C. Put all ingredients into a large zip-closure cooking pouch and stir to combine. Use the displacement method (Archimedes’ Principle) to remove the air and zip the seal. Submerge the pouch in the water … Read More

Maple Raisin Rice Pudding

Recipe and photo courtesy of Jana Seitzer (MerlotMommy.com) Serves 4 to 6 INGREDIENTS 3 cups (720 ml) skim milk 2 tablespoons (28 g) butter 2 cups (420 g) Arborio rice 1/2 cup (75 g) golden raisins 1/2 cup (120 ml) maple syrup 2 teaspoons (10 ml) ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) ground ginger Additional ground cinnamon or cinnamon sugar, for serving, optional DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the Sous Vide Supreme water oven to 140F/60C. Put all ingredients into a large zip-closure cooking pouch and stir to combine. Use the displacement method (Archimedes’ Principle) to remove the air and zip … Read More