Description
Bake Like a French Pastry Chef addresses the secrets of French pastry including how croissants get their flaky layers, the difference between pastry cream and Bavarian cream, what a Genoise cake is and whether mille-feuilles can be made at home.
Created by the Parisian masters Michel et Augustin, this comprehensive guide starts from the batters, doughs and creams that form the building blocks of French pastry and includes complete recipes from brioche to mousse-filled cakes. Step-by-step instructions and tips give readers the confidence to achieve pastry perfection. For Francophiles and pastry lovers, this charming manual covers the techniques taught in pastry schools worldwide.
About the Author
Michel de Rovira is the co-founder of the Paris-based cookie company Michel et Augustin. Together with a team of kooky cookies, he strives to share French pastry know-how around the world. He lives in Paris. Augustin Paluel-Marmont is the co-founder of the cookie company Michel et Augustin and leader of their New York outpost, which opened in 2015. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9781682681947
Author Michel de Rovira
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Countryman Press Inc.
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 866g
Dimensions(mm) 279mm * 218mm * 20mm
