With over 100 recipe ideas from around the world, this book demonstrates the essential bread-making techniques, from kneading to glazing, with step-by-step photographs and informative text. The reader is introduced to the whole range of flours and yeasts, and a variety of flavourings and fillings.
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Take one French food authority and author, one Italian food authority and author, give them a subject like bread and a publisher like Britain's Dorling Kindersley, and the result can't help but be one of the more engaging books on bread and bread baking. DK Publishing is of the seeing-is-believing school of cookbooks, and this philosophy works particularly well in their Ultimate Bread. The opening plates of the world of bread are enough in and of themselves to drive anyone--beginner or expert baker--right into the kitchen.
The "Baking Essentials" section shows and explains the differences in various kinds of flour, wheat and nonwheat, as well as the basic ingredients (yeast, oil, eggs, salt--not a long list) and tools. The "Basic Techniques" section shows you exactly what dough should look like in the various stages of bread production. The photos are so thick with color you can almost touch and smell the dough.
But the majority of the book is dedicated to recipes. Here you will find Country Oatmeal Bread, French Baguettes, Pretzels, Ciabatta, Pain aux Noix, Brioche, Nan, Pita, Corn Bread, and Challah. There are dozens of breads in all, from the very basic to the festive. And finally, there's even a section devoted to problem solving--although the biggest problem you may have is deciding which recipe to start with. --Schuyler Ingle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Combine DK's gorgeous visuals with two authors skilled in the art of breadmaking, and you have the perfect book for anyone who has ever been afraid to try baking bread. Treuille, who coauthored Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cooking Techniques (Murdoch, 1997), and Ferrigno, whose last cookbook was Pizza, Pasta, and Polenta (Merehurst, 1995), begin with fundamentals such as essential ingredients and equipment before turning to basic techniques such as kneading and using a starter. Recipes for more than 100 different kinds of breads, including quick, flat, and festive breads, are offered. Each recipe has clear, precise step-by-step instructions with both metric and nonmetric measurements and time estimates. While there is no shortage of bread books to choose from, including The Book of Bread (LJ 1/97), which focuses solely on the history of bread, Ultimate Bread is an essential choice for all public libraries and any academic library with an interest in the baking arts.?John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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The recipes from this book "call out" to you....,
This review is from: Ultimate Bread (Hardcover)
I loved this book. The pictures are enticing, and the detailed instructions will enable even the most inept baker to produce beautiful and tasty loaves of bread, fromt he very plain to the very festive. It gave me the courage to try making Sourdough from scratch, including the starter. I've been making sourdough every 2-3 days ever since! I would like to caution novice bread bakers that the cooking temps for most of the breads are 425 to 475 degrees, and I was not able to do that in my over or the loaves would burn on the bottom. I baked mine at the traditonal 350 degrees for a longer cooking time and they came out great!
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A READER correction.,
This review is from: Ultimate Bread (Hardcover)
"Page 144 the "Pain D' Epice" French Honey Spice Bread, 1 loaf. Calls for 1 1/2 cups honey, 1 1/3 cups milk, 2 eggs, spices AND 1/2 cup of flour."
Actually, page 144 calls for 3/4 cup plus two table spoons of whole-wheat flour AND 3/4 cup plus two tablespoons of rye flour. I have baked this twice and it always comes out perfect.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Best Bread Book I have ever seen.,
By Dianmiller@aol.com (Dover, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultimate Bread (Hardcover)
After getting this book from the library and trying out several recipes before taking the book back, I decided I have to buy this book. It is the most informative book on bread and bread making I have seen. The pictures are great. It is very informative and easy to follow. Even for a beginner, they make it look so easy. I can't wait to get my copy.
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MAKING BREAD REQUIRES little more than a pair of hands, an oven, and patience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pain ordinaire, carrot bread, multigrain bread, flour into the dissolved yeast, dry yeast cup water, proof until the dough, tapped underneath, tsp dry yeast, metal skewer inserted, cups bread flour, tbsp unsalted butter, egg glaze, shaped dough, clean howl, lightly floured work surface, floured baking sheet, parallel slashes, tender crumb, hollow sounding, buttered baking sheet, reserved water, preheated oven Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Starter Time, Parker House Rolls, Pain de Campagne, Victorian Milk Bread, Soft Dinner Rolls, Cranberry Nut Muffins, Pane Casalingo, North America, Ballymaloe Brown Bread, Cranberry Nut Loaf, Pain Viennois, Nutty Yogurt Bread, Cipolle Rosse Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
MAKING BREAD REQUIRES little more than a pair of hands, an oven, and patience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pain ordinaire, carrot bread, multigrain bread, flour into the dissolved yeast, dry yeast cup water, proof until the dough, tapped underneath, tsp dry yeast, metal skewer inserted, cups bread flour, tbsp unsalted butter, egg glaze, shaped dough, clean howl, lightly floured work surface, floured baking sheet, parallel slashes, tender crumb, hollow sounding, buttered baking sheet, reserved water, preheated oven Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Starter Time, Parker House Rolls, Pain de Campagne, Victorian Milk Bread, Soft Dinner Rolls, Cranberry Nut Muffins, Pane Casalingo, North America, Ballymaloe Brown Bread, Cranberry Nut Loaf, Pain Viennois, Nutty Yogurt Bread, Cipolle Rosse Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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