Sous vide (soo-vide) translates to "under vacuum", and is a cooking method that has become popular in mainstream cooking over the past several years. Food is vacuum sealed and then cooked at temperatures much lower than is common with conventional cooking. In this video Ryan shows you a simple technique for sous vide meringue, which uses a whipping siphon and nitrous oxide to aerate the egg and sugar mix.
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