# Can Sous-Vide keep the "pink"?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958 "2022-08-07T21:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Artie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/artie/32/3227_2.png) [@Artie](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Artie)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958/1 "2022-08-07T21:09:16Z")

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Hope this isn’t dumb. If one wanted to do a quasi-beef Wellington, or similar, would sous-vide “keep the pink”, so to say? Or, to put it another way, can you do “rare” with sous-vide?

Thanks all.

Artie

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**Author:** ![Douglas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/douglas/32/7533_2.png) [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958/2 "2022-08-08T12:31:48Z")

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There are at least a dozen Beef Wellington recipes at the RECIPES link above.

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**Author:** ![JoshK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/joshk/32/2884_2.png) [@JoshK](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JoshK)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958/3 "2022-08-11T13:42:38Z")

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The answer is “yes”, you can do rare or medium rare meat in the sous vide. That’s actually what it is ideal for. Set the sous vide for a few degrees under your desired end temp. Do the meat (if under 131F, never for more than 2 hours). Take meat out, dry it, and quickly sear.

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**Author:** ![Artie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/artie/32/3227_2.png) [@Artie](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Artie)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-sous-vide-keep-the-pink/30958/4 "2022-08-20T01:10:00Z")

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Great. Thanks all. I figured it was dumb question. 😜