Making dough recipes and ratios for perfect pastries

"Great pastry starts with great dough. And making homemade dough is easy as pie when you've got science on your side. Making Dough presents simple formulas for creating a dozen different from-scratch doughs. The secret? Understanding how the ratio of just five ingredients--flour, butter, water, suga...

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Main Author: Van Kraayenburg, Russell (Author, Photographer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2015]
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Summary:"Great pastry starts with great dough. And making homemade dough is easy as pie when you've got science on your side. Making Dough presents simple formulas for creating a dozen different from-scratch doughs. The secret? Understanding how the ratio of just five ingredients--flour, butter, water, sugar, and eggs--can be tweaked to bake a patisserie's worth of delectable desserts and savory treats. With tips and tricks from author Russell van Kraayenburg, anyone can make Cheddar Bacon Biscuits, Root Vegetable Spiral Tarts, Cherry Cheesecake Danishes, and Salted Caramel Éclairs. And thanks to Russell's diagrams and plain-language explanations, it's a snap to riff on his recipes and invent your own incredible pastries, "--Amazon.com.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:9781594748189
1594748187
Author Notes:Russell van Kraayenburg , author of Haute Dogs (Quirk, 2014) and blogger at Chasing Delicious , is a self-proclaimed food nerd and pastry lover. His work has been featured in Southern Living , Men's Fitness , Redbook , TRADhome , Real Simple , and Houstonia magazines and on various websites including Lifehacker, Fast Co., Business Insider, The Kitchn, Live Originally, Quipsologies, Explore, and Fine Cooking. Russell is always looking for new and exciting ways to inspire food nerds and food-phobic individuals alike to pick up a whisk and spoon.