Upper Crust: Homemade Bread the French Way
£30.00
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Covering everything from ingredient selection to leaven cultivation and bread making techniques, this comprehensive introduction to the art of French bread baking contains more than one hundred illustrated recipes. Informed by the expertise of eighteen master bakers and pastry chefs, these remarkable sweet and savoury recipes are each individually graded on their level of difficulty, making this the ultimate French baking reference book for beginners and experienced hands alike.
Dimensions
H: 27.5cm (11in) x W: 24.5cm (10in) x D: 3.5cm (1.5in)
Features
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Covering everything from ingredient selection to leaven cultivation and bread making techniques, this comprehensive introduction to the art of French bread baking contains more than one hundred illustrated recipes. Informed by the expertise of eighteen master bakers and pastry chefs, these remarkable sweet and savoury recipes are each individually graded on their level of difficulty, making this the ultimate French baking reference book for beginners and experienced hands alike.
Insights
Making accessible the recipes that have forged French bakery’s enviable reputation, such as rounds of rustic pain de campagne, loaves of olive and oregano bread, and regional favourites like fougasse and the Basque taloas tortillas; this illuminating title expands on the classic French repertoire to include original creations from a new generation of bakers. These creations include charcoal-sesame baguettes, matcha swirl bread, buckwheat and seaweed rolls, and fig, hazelnut, and honey rye bread.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
- Hard cover
- Full colour photography
- Number of pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9782081517073
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