Pepperoni rolls, the simple yet impressive combination of bread and pepperoni (and sometimes cheese). This uniquely West Virginian recipe was originally created by miners’ wives as a filling lunch that could be eaten in the coal mines. Pepperoni rolls were first commercially produced in 1927 in a Fairmont, WV bakery owned by Italian immigrant Guiseppe Argiro. While […]
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CVap® equipment cooks perfectly poached eggs in their shells and then holds them at the same consistency for hours. Certainly, this is just one of many examples of how CVap (Controlled Vapor Technology) cooks so precisely and yet so delicately. Therefore the preparation of a challenging dish such as eggs benedict is a snap! In
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Our customers are always asking about seafood. So we wanted to share some settings for turning out perfect, tender-firm shellfish from a CVap®. The delicate nature of shellfish requires extra care and attention during the cooking process. It is easy to overcook and sabotage the flavor and texture of your favorite mussel or clam. CVap
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I love food, and I mean all types of food! My absolute favorite style of cuisine is Hispanic – more specifically, Mexican, with its wealth of tradition and depth of flavors. What’s not to love? I have a group of friends I meet every Sunday at our local On the Border for lunch and a
We receive many inquiries about how to use CVap® Cook and Hold Ovens to stage great hamburgers, and we have been testing several methods for preparing great burgers. Below you’ll find our recommended procedures to stage hamburgers. Advance Staging or Holding Recipe/Process: Preset CVap oven to 135°F food temperature and + 0 texture setting (legacy
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On a recent Friday afternoon, we cooked up a favorite dish – Fried Chicken and Waffles. This sweet and savory dish is increasingly popular, but has been around (in some variation) for hundreds of years. The familiar soul food version dates from the Wells Supper Club in Harlem, New York, in 1938. In order to
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Nutritionists have long preached it – we need more vegetables in our diets. Consequently, we wanted to test how CVap® ovens would perform when roasting or vapor blanching a range of vegetables. To that end, tests were conducted in two types of ovens, CVap Retherm Ovens and CVap Cook and Hold Ovens. Roast Settings: 200°F/350°F
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Rollin’ Along, with CVap® Ovens and Rich’s Baked Goods. CVap ovens are great for proteins, starches, and veggies. However, they’re also great for baking. Accordingly,we tested a few Rich’s products to see how they’d bake up. First we proofed in a CVap Holding Cabinet. Second, we baked them in CVap ovens. We tested in both
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During a baking day in our CVap® Kitchen, we decided to add a little twist. We were working with Rich’s Petite French Bread dough. Just for S&Gs, we set a couple of loaves aside to experiment. Our primary goal was to make soft pretzels. After slacking on the counter for about an hour, we began
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