Bread: Baking by Hand or Bread Machine - Hardcover

Eric Treuille

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405319968 ISBN 13: 9781405319966

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 2007

Synopsis

Turn your home into a bakery and follow 100 delicious recipes. Bake by hand or use a bread machine and enjoy delicious granary bread, fragrant focaccia, moist pumpkin loaf, Italian Panettone and more. From mixing and shaping to proving and glazing - each stage of the process is clearly explained. Problem-solving tips and advice on selecting the best ingredients support the techniques. Accessible to even the beginner, it'll turn you effortlessly into a master baker in your own home.

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Review

Take one French food authority and author, one Italian food authority and author, give them a subject like bread and a publisher like Britain's Dorling Kindersley, and the result can't help but be one of the more engaging books on bread and bread baking. DK Publishing is of the seeing-is-believing school of cookbooks, and this philosophy works particularly well in their Ultimate Bread. The opening plates of the world of bread are enough in and of themselves to drive anyone--beginner or expert baker--right into the kitchen.

The "Baking Essentials" section shows and explains the differences in various kinds of flour, wheat and nonwheat, as well as the basic ingredients (yeast, oil, eggs, salt--not a long list) and tools. The "Basic Techniques" section shows you exactly what dough should look like in the various stages of bread production. The photos are so thick with color you can almost touch and smell the dough.

But the majority of the book is dedicated to recipes. Here you will find Country Oatmeal Bread, French Baguettes, Pretzels, Ciabatta, Pain aux Noix, Brioche, Nan, Pita, Corn Bread, and Challah. There are dozens of breads in all, from the very basic to the festive. And finally, there's even a section devoted to problem solving--although the biggest problem you may have is deciding which recipe to start with. --Schuyler Ingle

From the Back Cover

A practical, illustrated Guide to the art of making bread, with more than 100 delicious recipes. Superb recipes for breads of all kinds made accessible to the home baker by innovative how-to photography and easy-to-follow text. A mouthwatering visual gallery of classic breads from around the world. Written by two authors whose boundless enthusiasm for their subject will inspire the reader to head straight to the kitchen and start baking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405319968
• ISBN 13: 9781405319966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168