French Pastry Made Simple: Foolproof Recipes for Éclairs, Tarts, Macarons and More - Softcover

Wilkinson, Molly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1645672174 ISBN 13: 9781645672173

Publisher: Page Street Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

A No-Fuss Guide to the Delicious Art of Pâtisserie

Unleash your inner pastry chef with Molly Wilkinson’s approachable recipes for all of your French favorites. Trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Molly takes the most essential techniques and makes them easy for home bakers, resulting in a collection of simple, key recipes that open up the world of pastry. With friendly, detailed directions and brilliant shortcuts, you can skip the pastry shop and enjoy delicious homemade creations.

Master base recipes like 30-minute puff pastry, decadent chocolate ganache and fail-safe citrus curds, and you’re on your way to making dozens of iconic French treats. You’ll feel like a pro when whipping up gorgeous trays of madeleines and decorating a stunning array of cream puffs and éclairs. Along with classics like The Frenchman’s Chocolate Mousse, Profiteroles and Classic Mille-Feuilles, learn to assemble exquisite showstoppers such as Croquembouche and Caramel Mousse Tartelettes with Poached Pears in Ginger. This go-to guide shows you all the tips and tricks you need to impress your guests and have fun with French pastry.

About this title

About the Author

Molly Wilkinson is a pastry chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She teaches pastry and cooking workshops out of her eighteenth-century home in Versailles. She has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, the Wall Street Journal and on NBC’s Today Show. Originally from Texas, she lives in Versailles, France.

From the Back Cover

Beautiful, authentic French pastry is easier than it looks! Molly Wilkinson, a Texas transplant running sold-out pastry workshops in Versailles, was trained at Le Cordon Bleu, but takes a refreshingly relaxed approach to pastry. Readers won?t find long, fussy recipes and tricky techniques here. With Molly?s recipes, anyone can get delicious, impressive results without sweating the details. Readers can follow her easy methods and foolproof tips and tricks, to amaze their friends and family with spectacular bakery-worthy creations. Molly covers the basics, with time-saving recipes like her magically flakey 30-minute puff pastry and her perfect, fail-safe pastry cream, and then moves on to ganache, caramel, meringue and more. Readers can use their new skills to make classics like Eclairs, Mille Feuille and Tarte Tatin or try their hand at showstoppers like Mixed Berry Macaron Cake and Bûche de Noël. Shortcuts cut down on steps, but never flavor. With Molly?s quintessential recipes and laid-back approach, it?s easy to skip the bakery and whip up these irresistible desserts with confidence, humor and je ne sais quoi. This book will have 60 recipes and 60 photos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Page Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645672174
• ISBN 13: 9781645672173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192