The Great British Book of Baking: Discover over 120 delicious recipes in the official tie-in to Series 1 of The Great British Bake Off - Rilegato

Collister, Linda

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ISBN 10: 0718157117 ISBN 13: 9780718157111

Casa editrice: Michael Joseph, 2010

Riassunto

Inspired by The Great British Bake Off? Learn how to bake over 120 delicious recipes in this ultimate baking book and official tie-in to the first BBC series.

This book takes us on a tour of the very best in baking our nation has to offer - from Eccles cakes to Cornish pasties, Chelsea buns to Scottish gingerbread.

Over 120 classic recipes, as well as numerous adaptations and suggestions, cover the whole range of baking skills from sweet jam tarts to savoury game pie. These are recipes that have been passed through the generations, as well as those from the Bake Off contestants.

With trips to notable landmarks from baking history - Melton Mowbray and Sandwich among the more famous, as well as locally loved secrets from towns and villages around the country - the book highlights the importance of baking as part of our national heritage.

Whether you want to try your hand at the delicate art of petticoat tails shortbread or dish up a hearty steak pie to a hungry family, you will be looking between the pages of The Great British Book of Baking time and time again, packed full of the very best recipes from around the British Isles.

Chapters include:
- Biscuits and Teatime Treats
- Bread
- Tarts and Flans
- Pies
- Cakes
- Puddings
- Fancy Pastries
- PLUS invaluable tips from the judges and an introduction from Mel and Sue!

Get your wooden spoons at the ready!

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Linda Collister trained at the Cordon Bleu, then La Varenne in Paris. She has written over twenty-five books, nearly all on the subject of baking. Sheila Keating is a food writer who has worked on a wide range of books. She has a special interest in the provenance of British food and has written the narrative introductions for The Great British Book of Baking.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

We are a nation of bakers. Baking is steeped in our history, class system and geography. What is more Scottish than shortbread? More Cornish than a pasty? More Welsh than Bara Brith? More traditional than a pie?
The Great British Book of Baking looks into our long and enviable baking heritage and brings together over 120 of the very best recipes from around the British Isles.

Whether your weakness is a 4 o'clock biscuit dunked in your tea, a slab of rich chocolate cake or warm bread fresh from the oven, you'll find a recipe to satisfy your every craving in this book.

Learn how to make a traditional raised pork pie, perfect your flaky pastry skills for the ultimate Eccles cake and discover how the baking fashions and trends of Great Britain developed throughout the centuries as people moved around the globe.

With recipes for sweet and savoury tarts and flans, homely puddings and hearty pies, delicate slices, teatime treats and breads and cakes for every occasion, this truly is the book of great British baking.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Michael Joseph
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0718157117
• ISBN 13: 9780718157111
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352