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Baking and pastry, mastering the art and craft, The Culinary Institute of America

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Baking and pastry, mastering the art and craft, The Culinary Institute of America
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1086-1089) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Baking and pastry
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
The Culinary Institute of America
Sub title
mastering the art and craft
Summary
"Covering the full range of the baking and pastry arts and widely used by professionals and readers who want to bake like professionals, this book offers detailed, accessible instructions on the techniques for everything from yeast breads, pastry doughs, quick breads, breakfast pastries, and savory items to cookies, pies, cakes, frozen desserts, custards, souffles, and chocolates. In addition, this revised edition features new information on sustainability and seasonality along with new material on plated desserts, special-occasion cakes, wedding cakes, decor techniques, savory and breakfast pastries, and volume production, making it the most comprehensive baking and pastry manual on the market."--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The professional baker and pastry chef -- Career opportunities for baking and pastry professionals -- Ingredient identification -- Equipment identification -- Advanced baking principles -- Food and kitchen safety -- Baking formulas and bakers' percentages -- Yeast-raised breads and rolls -- Yeast-raised breads and rolls -- Advanced yeast breads and rolls -- Baking building blocks -- Pastry doughs and batters -- Quick breads and cakes -- Cookies -- Custards, creams, mousses, and souffles -- Icings, glazes, and sauces -- Frozen desserts -- Assembling and finishing -- Pies, tarts, and fruit desserts -- Filled and assembled cakes and tortes -- Breakfast pastries -- Individual pastries -- Savory baking -- Plated desserts -- Chocolates and confections -- Decor -- Wedding and specialty cakes -- Appendix A. Elemental recipes -- Appendix B. Decor templates -- Appendix C. Conversions, equivalents, and calculations -- Appendix D. Readings and resources
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