Synopsis
In this exceptionally thorough cookbook, Beranbaum does for pies what her CAKE BIBLE did for cakes.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-11-11 | | Illustrator: | Laura Hartman Maestro |
| Size | | Length: | 512 pages | | Height: | 10.5 in | | Width: | 7.5 in | | Thickness: | 2.2 in | | Weight: | 46.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
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
With more than 200 recipes, 150 illustrated techniques, and 32 pages of photos of finished pies and pastries depicted in full color, this complete, practical, and indispensable book can be a magic wand for making the pies and pastries that cooks dream of.
Industry Reviews
"I prepared banana cream pie, from Rose Levy Beranbaum's 'The Pie and Pastry Bible'....The directions were easy to follow and, before I knew it, I had a house full of pastry worth feeding to friends."
Wall Street Journal - Erica Schacter (01/12/1999)
"[A] marriage of unnecessary complexity and thorough research abounds....I found myself wishing that Beranbaum would stop trying to reinvent every recipe, remaking it in her own image....In the end, however, one cannot help but be impressed by Beranbaum's thoroughness and depth of knowledge. Despite my reservations, anyone who takes baking seriously ought to buy this book."
Cook's Illustrated - Christopher Kimball
"Ms. Beranbaum may be the most meticulous cook who ever lived. To her, baking is not a free-form, spiritual act. It is about building rocket ships. Quantities are weighed to the hundredth of an ounce, temperatures set to the degree, sizes measured to the quarter inch. But what separates her from other perfectionists is that she not only tells you in intricate detail how to make something, but also tells why you take such pains....It is this kind of detail...that elevates this book above most others on baking....When I want to make a classic pastry and I want it to be nothing less than perfect, I will know the one place to go."
New York Times - Amanda Hesser (12/16/1998)
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