What temperature and what duration for ideal heat treatment?

What better food treatment than to subject them to heat? A French inventor, at the end of the 18th century, had already understood everything in the time of sterilization!

Do you know Nicolas Appert? It was he who discovered the principle of the conservation of perishable foodstuffs by subjecting them to heat. How ? By heat treatment. Thanks to this French inventor who left his name to the appetizer, you will be able to delight yourself with your house recipes.

Yes, heat treatment, or heat treatment, helps keep foods in jars, and keep your products in the long term. The heat treatment time (sterilization or pasteurization) is to be adapted according to the recipe: there is no standard treatment duration!
Note that you can sterilize with pressure utensils: pressure cooker, pressure cooker ... and pasteurize with sterilizer (or any other non-pressure device and for which you can measure the temperature).

So buy an airtight container (jars, terrines), and easily make the best recipes Le Parfait.

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