The Pie and Pastry Bible
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3.4 • 12 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
The Pie and Pastry Bible is your magic wand for baking the pies, tarts, and pastries of your dreams—the definitive work by the country's top baker.
-More than 300 recipes, 200 drawings of techniques and equipment, and 70 color pictures of finished pies, tarts, and pastries
-Easy-to-follow recipes for fruit pies, chiffon pies, custard pies, ice-cream pies, meringue pies, chocolate pies, tarts and tartlets, turnovers, dumplings, biscuits, scones, crostadas, galettes, strudel, fillo, puff pastry, croissants (chocolate, too), Danish, brioche, sticky buns, cream puffs, and profiteroles
-All kinds of fillings, glazes, toppings, and sauces, including pastry cream, frangipane, Chiboust, fruit curds, ice creams, fondant, fruit preserves, streusel, meringues, ganache, caramel, and hot fudge
-A separate chapter featuring foolproof flaky, tender, and original crusts of every kind imaginable. Here are a few: Flaky Cream Cheese Pie Crust, Flaky Cheddar Cheese Pie Crust, Miracle Flaky Lard Pie Crust, and Flaky Goose Fat Pie Crust; Bittersweet Chocolate, Coconut, Ginger, and Sweet Nut Cookie Crusts; and Vanilla, Gingersnap, Chocolate, and Graham Cracker Crumb Crusts
-Countless tips that solve any problem, including the secrets to making a juicy fruit pie with a crisp bottom crust and a lemon meringue pie that doesn't weep
-How to make a tender and flaky pie crust in under three minutes
-How to make the best brownie ever into a crustless tart with puddles of ganache
-Exciting savory recipes, including meat loaf wrapped in a flaky Cheddar cheese crust and a roasted poblano quiche
-Extensive decorating techniques for the beginning baker and professional alike that show you how to make chocolate curls, pipe rosettes, crystallize flowers and leaves, and more
-Detailed information on ingredients and equipment, previously available only to professionals
-The wedding cake reconceived as a Seven-Tier Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Tart
-Pointers for Success follow the recipes, guaranteeing perfect results every time
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Precision is the trademark style of Los Angeles Times-syndicated food columnist Berenbaum, a baking and chocolate industry consultant and author (The Cake Bible) who demystifies the art (and science) of pie and pastry making. Exacting instructions in this compendium of sweet and savory "how-tos" (achieve the flakiest pie crust, shape and bake croissants, apply decorative techniques, etc.) may open new doors for daunted home bakers and dessert dabblers, while offering serious amateurs an additional resource for creative inspiration. Recipe ingredients are given in both volume and weight (ounces and grams). Pies and tarts include sweet (e.g., Fig Tart with Mascarpone Cream) and savory (e.g., Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pies; Roasted Red Pepper and Poblano Quiche). The pastry section includes classic French puff pastry, Danish pastry, phyllo and strudel doughs among others. End chapters cover fundamentals like techniques (decorating, measuring ingredients), ingredients (often with stated brand preferences) and appropriate equipment (mixers, tart pans, etc.). Accompanying sections to recipes--"Pointers for Success" and "Understanding" (notes on food chemistry)--clearly detail the scientific underpinnings of the baking process. Indeed a "bible" for novices and serious amateurs alike, this time-tested encyclopedic tome distills Berenbaum's 21 years dedicated to the pastry arts in a clearly written, thoroughly documented manual. First serial to Family Circle; BOMC/Good Cook main selection; BOMC alternate.
Customer Reviews
Awesome!
I have this book in hard cover already but I bought it again in kindle form because I use it often. Now I am very happy I have it in my iPad ..
Thank you so much!
I just want to add that the pictures are in back of I the book just in case some readers did not notice it
No color photos or pictures
The description claims there will be 70 color pictures in this iBook. Besides from the cover art, there is not a single color photo, just small black and white line drawings. If you are like me and believe that a good color photo is important in a cookbook, then save your money and buy the old fashioned, paper version of this book.
Poor Formatting as iBook
Am I the only person who can’t actually read this book on an iPhone or iPad? The way she writes her recipes, it’s impossible to use as an iBook.
I adore her hard copy books and use them constantly. This book just does NOT work as an iBook.
I would like my money back.