Hints and Tips
With your Sunbeam Duos you can create a wide variety of meals. Various foods take different times to cook perfectly to your individual taste, so sometimes it may take a little trial and error to get the cooking times right for you.
Capacity
•Don’t overfill or under fill your Sunbeam Duos unit. Ensure the level is between the FILL (minimum) and MAX markings on the inside of the cooking pan. When using the sous vide menu, always ensure that the water covers the food pouches. When using the slow cooker, always ensure that liquid covers the food.
•To speed up the time needed for the unit to reach the desired Sous Vide temperature, fill with warm (not hot) water.
Food
•Cuts of Meat. Sous Vide and Slow Cooking are perfect for the cheaper, tough cuts
of meats, as the lengthy cooking process tenderises these cuts and enhances the flavours. Note that thinner cuts of meat will cook more quickly.
•Evenly cooked food. To ensure food cooks evenly in the same amount of time,
we recommend food is cut to similar thicknesses/ sizes.
Lid
•Condensation can accumulate on the inside of the lid, reducing your vision. Carefully tilt the lid away from you so that the condensation falls back into the pan.
•Lifting the lid. Both sous vide and slow cooker cooking methods use low temperatures and therefore they do not recover lost heat quickly. If you need to lift the lid, do so quickly to minimise heat loss.
Food Safety Guidelines for Sous Vide Cooking
CAUTION. Food cooked using the Sous Vide method of cooking is not recommended for consumption by those in an ‘at risk’ category (low immune deficiency);
•Pregnant women
•Small children
•Elderly
•Those suffering from illness/disease
Slow Cooking
•If you are slow cooking, you may wish to brown your meats first in a frypan. Browning meat prior to slow cooking not only gives your food great colour, it also seals in the juices and flavours and keeps the meat tender.
•Slow Cooking prevents evaporation, resulting in the flavours and juices being maintained. Keep this in mind when creating your own recipes, as you may not require as much liquid as you would when using other cooking methods.
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