Any issues adding bay leaves and wine to sous vide bag to cook a roast?

by Ok-Discipline8680

11 Comments

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  2. Affectionate_Tie3313

    For one, potential poor seal and spillover because of the liquid if you are using an edge sealer like a FoodSaver

  3. KosmicTom

    The alcohol will never cook off in a bag. Your roast will tast like alcohol.

  4. amglasgow

    Marinate the roast in wine overnight beforehand perhaps?

  5. thepottsy

    I’m leaning towards marinate then cook. Cooking with alcohol in the bag doesn’t seem like a great idea.

  6. Supposedly you can cook out the alcohol from the wine and then use it in the sous vide bag, but I haven’t tried it myself yet.

    I think GugaFoods made a video on it

  7. Why sous vide at all? Won’t save time. Won’t improve the result.

  8. ResponsibleBeard

    Make a marinade first. In a small pot, making sure the alcohol evaporates and reduces, then put that almost-syrup in the bag.

  9. Pernicious_Possum

    There’s no reason to try and braise sous vide. Evaporation and concentration of flavors is what makes a braise so delicious. If it’s just the wine flavor and aromatics you want, marinate the beef then cook SV

  10. SanchoPliskin

    I’d have to see the whole recipe, but from this excerpt it’s pretty bad. Sous vide wouldn’t provide any benefit either.

  11. I dunno. Something like that is a braise, and aside from the long, slow cook, you also want the sauce to reduce so the flavors intensify. I don’t think something like that would translate particularly to sous vide cooking.