Advanced Bread Baking at Home: Recipes & Techniques to Perfect Your Sourdough and More - Hardcover

Brenci, Daniele

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1645674606 ISBN 13: 9781645674603

Publisher: Page Street Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Bake the Best Bread of Your Life

Calling all bread enthusiasts! Let this vivid guide take you on a journey through the essential techniques of advanced bread baking. With Chef Daniele Brenci’s expert guidance, you’ll learn how to manipulate your doughs for deliciously complex flavor, perfect flaky crust and luscious interior crumb.

In exquisite detail, Daniele walks you through every step of his master sourdough process, including guidelines on using time and temperature to your advantage for awe-inspiring bread every single time. He also breaks down all of the advanced methods you’ll need to be successful with a wide variety of creative breads, from ancient grain combos to two-tone doughs and more.

Tackle the bi-color lamination process with ease as you whip up a decadent Spiced Marble Chocolate Sourdough or dazzle the senses as you cut into a gorgeous and vibrant loaf of Purple Sweet Potato Bread. Unlock the secrets of ancient grains with soft and aromatic Einkorn Baguettes or the buttery, chewy crumb of a flawless Khorasan Wheat loaf. There’s even an entire chapter devoted to demystifying complicated pastries like Honey Lavender Cream Puffs and Triple Chocolate Babka, as well as taking on the ultimate challenge: baking perfect Croissants with confidence.

Take your bread to new heights as you discover the delicious joys of advanced bread baking.

About this title

About the Author

Chef Daniele Brenci spent 12 years working in Michelin-starred restaurants across the globe before becoming a private chef. He is the creator of Breadcrumb, and his work has been featured by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Table Magazine and the Observer-Reporter, among others. Daniele currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

From the Back Cover

Homemade bread is having its moment in the spotlight, and people everywhere have spent the last year stocking up on flour, yeast and starter so they can get their hands dirty making delicious loaves from the comfort of their own kitchen. But for those bakers for whom the basics have become boring, what?s next? Enter Advanced Bread Baking at Home, your one-stop-shop for ambitious recipes with accessible tips and tricks to take your loaves to new heights. Chef Daniele Brenci?s experiences of growing up in Italy and working in Michelin-starred restaurants have made him a master of artisan bakes. He is the perfect guide to help you go beyond basic sourdough and learn how different types of flour and their unique protein contents can elevate and enhance your bread. Prepare to spice up your dough with unique and inspiring inclusions for delicious flavors and textures. Also featuring recipes for pizzas and flatbreads, as well as exciting and ambitious pastries, this cookbook is your ultimate resource for incredible, advanced bakes. Filled with creative and scrumptious recipes like Spiced Marble Chocolate Sourdough, Black Barley Porridge Bread and Rugbrød (also known as Danish Rye), as well as in-depth knowledge, tutorials and techniques, this cookbook will be your guide to successfully making advanced loaves with ease. This book includes 50 recipes and 50 photos, plus step-by-steps.

Edition details

• Publisher: Page Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645674606
• ISBN 13: 9781645674603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176