Steamcooking

Steamers & Combi-Steamers.

What exactly is steam cooking?
What principles are used?
What equipment can you use?
An answer to these and many other questions
can be found in this section.

Also in this section: - we provide an overview of several steamers and combi-steam/convection ovens, helping you to compare without being pushed in a particular direction.

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Recipe of the month.

Steamed fish rolls with vegetables, fried scampi
and crustacean sauce.

Vacuum & Steam Cooking

People are always looking for methods and techniques for keeping food longer.
Salting or pickling and smoking are the oldest of these techniques.
Later, people learned to preserve food (by pasteurising and sterilising), followed by the spectacular step of freezing.
Freezing is still the most widely used method for keeping food longer.

Before you begin.

What is steam cooking?
Can everything be cooked with steam?
What is the difference between steaming with and without pressure?

Discover the possibilities and find answers to the most frequently asked questions.

News.

Steam cooking on the Airbus A330-300.

The very small kitchen of this very large aircraft is where the meals for 335 passengers need to be reheated quickly, efficiently and most importantly in a way that guarantees quality.
Convection ovens were originally used to reheat the meals, giving rise to the well-known problems of dry food that was unevenly heated.
However, Airbus discovered the benefits of reheating meals using steam. Steam ovens have been used for some time now to reheat (vacuum packed) meals and meal components on long haul aircraft such as the Airbus A330-300.
The steam oven on an Airbus is able to reheat over 50% of the meals.
Anyone still doubt the quality and efficiency of ‘steam cooking’?

More news if available

Cooking times & Recipes

This section of the website is the result of recording years of research findings and experience. Once you have registered, you will have unlimited access to cooking times and recipes.

Cooking Guide.

Perfect chips.

In his amazing book entitled, “In Search of Perfection” (Bloomsbury 2006),
Heston Blumenthal makes an honourable attempt at cooking perfect chips.
But sorry, - it can be done better..., with steam!

Editorial

One of the acclaimed BBC Open University programmes recently considered the topic of "raw or prepared foods in relation to development of intelligence”.

According to the researchers, there is a clear connection between the development of the brains of "people" compared to animals and the ability or inability to prepare food.

While raw food may be "edible" in many cases, cooking releases numerous nutrients that can be absorbed by our bodies more easily than in the raw state.

The method of preparing food must however be such that the nutrients released are not destroyed by factors such as excessive heat or a hot fluid such as water, which can remove vitamins and minerals from the food.

Guess what the most delicate cooking process called...?
Exactly. – Cooking with Steam.

Is there still anyone who is not convinced of the advantages of steaming?

Good luck, and remember: Steam Your Food!

Chef Walter Larivière

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