# Herb and aromatics sachets.
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/herb-and-aromatics-sachets/30173
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/herb-and-aromatics-sachets/30173 "2022-01-20T20:06:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/herb-and-aromatics-sachets/30173/1 "2022-01-20T20:06:44Z")
I am reading **_Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide_** by Thomas Keller (2008, Artisan), and noticed this (page 78):
> HERB SACHETS
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> Herbs, spices, and garlic should not come in direct contact with food that is vacuum-packed and cooked sous vide, as the flavor will be stronger in areas where there is direct contact. To avoid this, we make sachets, which allows the flavors to infuse the other ingredients evenly.
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> Place a piece of food-safe plastic wrap large enough to roll up the herbs, spices, and garlic on the work surface. Lay the herbs on the wrap and nestle any garlic and spices in the herbs. Roll up the sachet, and cut off the ends of the roll. Add the sachet to the sous vide bag with the other ingredients; discard after cooking.
> […]
Keller’s dictum resonated well with Dr. Douglas Baldwin’s caution from his _Sous Vide for the Home Cook_
> **Seasoning**
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> Seasoning can be a little tricky when cooking sous vide: while many herbs and spices act as expected, others are amplified and can easily overpower a dish.
> **[Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide (The... by Keller, Thomas](https://www.amazon.com/Under-Pressure-Cooking-Thomas-Library/dp/1579653510)**
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> Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide (The Thomas Keller Library) \[Keller, Thomas, McGee, Harold\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide (The Thomas Keller Library)
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### Author:  [@David\_Bogie](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/David_Bogie)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/herb-and-aromatics-sachets/30173/2 "2022-03-18T14:17:36Z")
Keller’s 2008 book is remarkable but it may be a bit dated.
The food scientists at America’s Test Kitchens have come out strongly against using raw garlic at all in sous vide because of the – unlikely but definitely possible – accelerated growth of Clostridium botulinum and sometimes Clostridium butyricum, bacteria that are otherwise benignly present on raw garlic. They use only crystallized or powdered garlic in their “Sous Vide for Everyone” cookbook or add properly cooked/sautéed garlic to the finished sous vide dishes.
Good enough advice for me.