Patisserie: Mastering the Fundamentals of French Pastry - Updated Edition

Increíble diseño y edición. Miles de recetas, paso a paso, muy buenas imágenes. Dividido en capitulos muestra masas, tartas, macarons, pudines, decoraciones y mucho más

Awesome... detailed and Bible

This is an excellent book for those wanting to create wonderful French pastries. There are some prerequisites, such as buying a stand mixer, a pastry brush and a food thermometer, but once you have those you're all set! I have had this book for over 3 years now and from my experience I can tell you the following: do try to follow the recipe as much as possible. If it says that you need to boil the water to 110°C and keep it there for 3 minutes, then do just that. At first my mind was protesting, saying it's not possible for water to go above 100 degrees, but turns out that it's actually possible if there's sugar in it! Also, if it says you need to put gelatin into the mixture, then don't experiment with agar agar, it just won't work. By following the recipes to the word, over time I slowly progressed and now I can even make the advanced cakes (which sometimes take 2 days to make) and they are done in pastry shop quality! They look and taste like something you would pay a lot of money for. There are many easy recipes in here, but for me the greatest value of this book is that it teaches you how to make advanced cakes, there are pictures and detailed instructions, all you need to do is follow them and the results might surprise even you.

I bought this as a gift for my mother, who loves french cooking and needed a new challenge. After reading the reviews on some Le Cordon Bleu books I was horrified that most people complained the recipes did not work. This book was different and so far all recipes have been marvellous. I have noticed some basic steps in recipes are missing, such as blind baking pastry crusts, but this is not a problem for us, as we know it is required. For the more inexperienced cook, this may not be the best book despite the wonderful step-by-step pictures. I foresee having to buy bigger clothing soon.

La couverture est inversée! tout est à l'envers... Enfin bref, ça ne change pas le contenu alors l'article n'a pas été retourné car trop de démarches...