Sous Vide Cannabis Butter infusion?

I happened to run into this website and thought it was pretty interesting:

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs057/1109042461108/archive/1109140588824.html

I thought it was interesting how that mentioned about using Sous vide as their way of infusing cannibis into clarified butter (which makes sense, since I've found Sous Vide is also the best way to extract flavor from tea). I've looked around and can't find any temperatures or times for this infusion, I know this is a funny question, but has anybody here done this before and come out w/any good results, if so, can you please share?

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Tim_Sutherland_52834

Try the coffee butter infusion from the recipe section on this site, as a start.

As a related theme I remember this NYT article, Marijuana Fuels a New Kitchen Culture,

from a few years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/dining/19pot.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

granthd_33342

thanks, that's a good idea! I'll probably try it within a couple weeks and post my results! haha, nice article

Shelly_35446

Well, since around here it is no longer illegal to do something like that, maybe I'll have to give it a try. Somewhere I read about the temp that vaporizes THC, I will start my research there.

And I'll try the tea extraction, too.

jason.r.whitworth

According to this recipe for a specialized cannibutter maker, the ideal temp is 160 F /71 C

http://magicalbutter.com/recipes/magicbutter.html

BlvCook_25591

Now that this is legal in Washington State, I can post. One can sous vide product in EVOO Extra Virgin Olive Oil very successfully. Butter has dairy and it spoils more quickly than olive oil, but either way works. 165 degrees F for 24 hours for olive oil. If you have a Food Saver System, it is easiest if the EVOO is refrigerated to make it solid. Great for Olive Oil Cakes, breads, pestos, salad dressings - anything that you use oil. I'm curious about herb infused sugar.

Pepijn_31744

Any more information on why this should work?

Brendan_Lee_56950

THC is not very soluble in water but it is highly soluble in alcohol and lipids which is why olive oil (or any pure oil) will work better than butter. You'd be better off using clarified butter if you wanted the butter flavor.

HammeredChef_DEFINITELY_does_NOT_work_at_22134

I'm interested in more info, hopefully they will remember how they did it

I have CRSBOW (can't remember "stuff" because of wine), but, I am 63.

Marc_Remo_K_ndig_37601

So dear Chefstepers. I am not a potthead at all but because of you I had to try it out. Switzerland is well known for the "good quality" of weed and the stuff is quite easy to buy. So I went out and did.

Fist of all I had no clue how expensive good quality stuff would be but I thought it must be quite expensive... so I told the professor I needed a delivery for CHF 300.- ($ 370.-). Now that was way to much and I'm going to be stuck with it for the next coupe of years. I felt like a Teenager driving home with this huge bag of weed in my car. Let me tell you the smell would not have been a very helpfull factor in a police controll - yes officer I swear this is only for personal use ;-) - Thank good I have a chamber vacuum and a good freezer.

Ok so I put about 7 gr. in about 250 gr of fresh Swiss Alp Butter and put it in the sous-vide at 71° for ca. 4h. Bevor I was going to make cakes out of the product I wanted to test the effects in pure form. So I took a spoon of the butter and went out with the Dog.

2 hours later I didn't feel much and thought about testing the effect of 2 spoons next time. Thank the Lord I didn't throw in another spoon the same evening. 10 minutes Later I fell asleep on my Couch. When I woke up the next morning I felt like my brain had a 12h Thai-Massage. I was so high until 3pm an couldn't help it.

Holy Chiwuauwa! Looks like the 71° are very much what you need to get hammered for a very long time ;-)

Cheers

Marc

robert.c.brown15

Here at chefsteps we get high for science.

Erin_Z_109296

I seriously laughed out loud so hard at this!

Jamal2525_999918

I knew that some chefs making a sauce from cannabis plants and heads . It is a great way which makes the meat flavorful with unique taste . In fact, cannabis is used in so many products that you don't even know about. For example, on this website CBN from Global Cannabinoids, I found out that there is even water that contain cannabis.

Kohag_1397136

No, I haven't, but I've been adding hemp oil to food and I really like it. It's also important to know - it`s not suitable for frying cause it has a low smoke point, but it`s excellent for stewing meat. Now I try to make it myself in cannabutter maker and that way I get a completely natural product. I also like to pour oil on a plate, add sea salt and dip fresh bread into this mixture. It's really delicious! You can use any bread and spices you like eating this way. In addition, you can find a lot of articles on the net about the benefits of this oil, it`s also used in medicines.