Specialty Equipment Recipes
Specialty equipment can provide a different way to control heat, texture, or preparation. Air fryers, pressure cookers, sous vide setups, blenders, whippers, and other tools provide the browsing paths in this collection. Begin with the equipment you have or want to understand, then read the recipe’s specific settings and requirements before preparing the dish.
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Air Fryer
Loaded potato skins and chicken skewers offer different air fryer applications in this collection. Browse the recipes for their portion sizes, cooking settings, and guidance on the finished texture.
Chamber Vacuum Sealer
A chamber vacuum sealer appears in pickle and other preparations within this collection. These recipes show particular uses of the equipment, with the method explaining its role in each dish.
Control °Freak
Farmer’s cheese, omelettes, and potato preparations offer different applications for the Control Freak. Browse recipes that use controlled heat settings, following the specific temperature and method for the dish.
Ham Press
Chicken and barbecue loaf preparations give this ham press collection its focus. The recipes explain how the equipment shapes a mixture and supports the particular cooking process used.
Instant Pot
Chicken and rice, hard-boiled eggs, and ricotta offer different Instant Pot applications. These recipes use specific programs and timings, with the individual method guiding preparation and release steps.
iSi Whipper
Foams and drink preparations offer different uses for an iSi whipper in this collection. Browse each recipe for its ingredients, equipment requirements, and the method that creates the intended texture.
Slow Cooker
Tortellini soup, hot fudge cake, and creamy cabbage show the slow cooker’s range across savory and sweet dishes. These recipes set out their own timing and preparation for the finished serving.
Smoking Gun
Smoked balsamic vinegar and a wood chip pairing guide introduce applications for a smoking gun. This small collection connects the choice of smoke with the preparation described in each entry.
Sous Vide
Turkey roulade, salmon mi-cuit, and shrimp cocktail offer different sous vide preparations. Browse recipes that use controlled water-bath cooking, following their specific temperature, timing, finishing, and handling directions.
Vitamix
Sauces, drinks, and other preparations show different Vitamix applications in this collection. Browse each recipe for the blending method and the texture it aims to produce in the finished dish.
In this collection

Sous Vide Jalapeno Lime Shrimp
Sous vide cooking produces shrimp that are remarkably tender, succulent, and evenly cooked from edge to center. Fresh lime zest, garlic, jalapeño, smoked paprika, and cilantro create bright…
Sous Vide Beef Stew
Ingredients 1,000g stew meat 150g beef fat 150g bacon chopped 150g celery diced 150g carrots diced 150g onion diced 10g tomato paste 10g garlic chopped 1 bay leaf…

Mexican Seafood Cocktail
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups chilled Clamato juice, or 1 cup tomato juice and 1/2 cup bottled clam juice 1/4 cup ketchup 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon…

“Scrambled” Eggs Sous Vide
Scrambled eggs sous vide are one of the more interesting dishes to cook. The resulting texture is much more like a custard than the sometimes rubbery scrambled eggs…

How to Sous Vide Shrimp
Shrimp is a delicate food to prepare and it is easy to overcook them. They can go from perfectly cooked to overcooked in no time, especially when they…
Sous Vide Ribs Recipe with Sweet Apples
One of my favorite things to cook sous vide are ribs. One of the reasons for this is sous vide can fully tenderize the ribs without any risk…
Sous Vide Cheeseburger
Ingredients 1 pound beef mince 1 clove garlic 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce salt and pepper – not required but it will make your burgers taste better. Use what…
Corned Beef Brisket, Potatoes, Cabbage & Carrots
Ingredients 1 whole flat or point cut beef brisket, trimmed, about 5 pounds 100 grams/3 1/2 ounces (about 3/4 cup) Diamon Crystal kosher salt 10 grams/.325 ounces (about…
Faux Dry Aged Steak Marinade
The world’s best steakhouses improve the flavor of their beef by dry aging it for 2-4 weeks or longer. The dry aging process removes water from the meat,…

White Rice in a Slow Cooker
A slow cooker can cook white rice, although timing and texture vary considerably by cooker and batch size. A rice cooker or saucepan is usually more predictable for…
