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sous vide

sous vide is the alternative form of sous-vide.

Meaning of sous-vide

Noun

sous-vide (countable and uncountable, plural sous-vides)

  1. (uncountable) A method of cooking in which food is heated in airtight bags for an extended period of time at relatively low, but tightly controlled temperatures, in order to maintain the integrity of ingredients.
    • Process and packaging techniques that rely on heat treatments to achieve extended shelf-lives for chilled food products, such as hot-fill, sous-vide and in-pack pasteurisation, are outside the scope of this chapter, but are described in Chapter 11.2000, B. P. F. Day, “6: Chilled food packaging”, in Michael Stringer, Colin Dennis, editors, Chilled Foods: A Comprehensive Guide, page 135
  2. (countable) A cooker designed to facilitate this method of cooking.

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Questions about sous vide

What is sous vide the alternative form of?
Sous vide is the alternative form of sous-vide.

Words near sous vide in the dictionary

  1. sourwoods
  2. soury
  3. sous
  4. sous chef
  5. sous chefs
  6. sous vide
  7. sous-
  8. sous-chef
  9. sous-chefs
  10. sous-vide
  11. sous-vided

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