The Art of French Pastry
Jacquy Pfeiffer [Pfeiffer, Jacquy]
What does it take to perfect a flawless éclair? A delicate yet buttery croissant? To pipe dozens of macarons? The answer is: an intimate knowledge of the fundamentals of pastry. In The Art of French Pastry award-winning pastry chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, cofounder of the renowned French Pastry School in Chicago, gives you just that.
By teaching you how to make everything from pâte à choux to pastry cream, Pfeiffer builds on the basics until you have an understanding of the science behind the ingredients used, how they interact with one another, and what your hands have to do to transform them into pastry. This yields glorious results! Expect to master these techniques and then indulge in exquisite recipes, such as:
By teaching you how to make everything from pâte à choux to pastry cream, Pfeiffer builds on the basics until you have an understanding of the science behind the ingredients used, how they interact with one another, and what your hands have to do to transform them into pastry. This yields glorious results! Expect to master these techniques and then indulge in exquisite recipes, such as:
· brioche
· napoléons / Mille-Feuilles
· cream puffs
· Alsatian cinnamon rolls / chinois
· lemon cream tart with meringue teardrops
· elephant ears / palmiers
· black forest cake
· beignets
as well as some traditional Alsatian savory treats, including:
· Pretzels
· Kougelhof
· Tarte Flambée
· Warm Alsatian Meat Pie
Categorie:
Anno:
2013
Casa editrice:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Lingua:
english
ISBN 10:
0307959368
ISBN 13:
9780307959362
File:
PDF, 10.32 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013