Sous Vide Supreme for making Mozzarella

As I was making Mozz this weekend, being careful to hold the temperature steady, I was wondering why I couldn't use the Sous Vide Supreme to do this. Since it's not a circulator and doesn't have any exposed parts in the tank, would it not be the perfect device to hold the milk at a constant temp while the curds form? Can anyone think of a reason that it wouldn't work well?

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Johan_Edstrom_5586

I think we had that up before - use it as a double bath.

http://forum.chefsteps.com/discussion/comment/459/#Comment_459

jimbasara

Thanks Johan, I'm guessing that would be necessary with a circulator system, since you need the liquid moving through the device to make it work. But there is no such concern with the Sous Vide Supreme, so I was wondering if I could use it straight away without the additional pot.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

I've seen several bread recipes doing the same, you could do the same with a regular circulator once you hit temp, close the circulation vents and I would think slowly stir it every now and then or keep a very low circulation - if you tie a towel around a stainless steel bowl you get a pretty stellar flotation device too.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

I tend to use this with good results - http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-mozzarella-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-174355

Finding the right milk and making sure you have good water does a lot.

Also not using junk rennet. I like the microwave part because it is really easy to time

and work.

Chris_Young_80640

Sous vide Supremes would be very useful for making mozzarella, and since we now have some Sous Vide Supreme units around ChefSteps, we'll try to get a demo of doing this up in the coming weeks.

TODD_ANDERSON_36806

Not that I would recommend doing mozz or butter with a polyscience, but I have heard of butter poaching lobster in one of my cook books by TC. Meaning the only liquid in the cambro is butter.

Chris_Young_80640

Yeah, that's a horrible idea by the way. What a mess to clean up.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

Keller at one point promoted that... Just sayin...

Chris_Young_80640

Yes. I know. They don't do it that way anymore.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

I actually tried that to the massive anger of my wife.....

TODD_ANDERSON_36806

Like I said, Just read it and never tried as I thought it was a bad idea!?!

Johan_Edstrom_5586

Somewhere after the "You are a fucking idiot" I was busy cleaning the kitchen.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I mean obviously there are systems out there that can handle that but the polyscience isn't one of them. It would make for a really nice place to store cooked steaks hot off the charbroiler though, fill that sucker up with duck fat and herbs.... mmmmm....

Chris_Young_80640

LOL. Thomas has lots of people to clean his kitchen.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

@Chris - Meh... It wasn't that fun doing it.

Jack_Mayer_85396

LOL sorry @Johan ...

Johan_Edstrom_5586

Imagine brown butter going haywire and you standing there with a spatula, I'm a pretty large white guy and my wife is a darn open latina...

I had a kitchen counter covered in the fucking stuff, blew a fuse, cut off the water and spent around 4 hours wiping the shit off the counters.

TODD_ANDERSON_36806

@Chris-This is true!!