Baking and Pastry
Mastering the Art and Craft, 3e Study Guide
3. Edition April 2013
128 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This is the Student Study Guide to accompany Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft, 3rd Edition.
Praised by top pastry chefs and bakers as "an indispensable guide" and "the ultimate baking and pastry reference," the latest edition of Baking and Pastry from The Culinary Institute of America improves upon the last with more than 300 new recipes, photographs, and illustrations, and completely revised and up-to-date information on creating spectacular breads and desserts. Covering the full range of the baking and pastry arts and widely used by professionals and readers who want to bake like professionals, this book offers detailed, accessible instructions on the techniques for everything from yeast breads, pastry doughs, quick breads, breakfast pastries, and savory items to cookies, pies, cakes, frozen desserts, custards, soufflés, and chocolates. In addition, this revised edition features new information on sustainability and seasonality along with new material on plated desserts, special-occasion cakes, wedding cakes, décor techniques, savory and breakfast pastries, and volume production, making it the most comprehensive baking and pastry manual on the market.
* Named "Best Book: Professional Kitchen" at the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards
* Established by its first two editions as a lifelong kitchen reference for professional pastry chefs
* Includes more than 900 recipes and 645 color photographs and illustrations
Part One: The Professional Baker and Pastry Chef
Chapter 1: Career Opportunities for Baking and Pastry Professionals 1
Chapter 2: Ingredient Identification 7
Chapter 3: Equipment Identification 15
Chapter 4: Advanced Baking Principles 22
Chapter 5: Food and Kitchen Safety 28
Chapter 6: Baking Formulas and Bakers' Percentages 34
Part Two: Yeast-raised Breads and Rolls
Chapter 7: Yeast-raised Breads and Rolls 40
Chapter 8: Advanced Yeast Breads and Rolls 47
Part Three: Baking Building Blocks
Chapter 9: Pastry Doughs and Batters 53
Chapter 10: Quick Breads and Cakes 59
Chapter 11: Cookies 66
Chapter 12: Custards, Creams, Mousses, and Soufflés 72
Chapter 13: Icings, Glazes, and Sauces 78
Chapter 14: Frozen Desserts 84
Part Four: Assembling and Finishing
Chapter 15: Pies, Tarts, and Fruit Desserts 90
Chapter 16: Filled and Assembled Cakes and Tortes 96
Chapter 17: Breakfast Pastries 102
Chapter 18: Individual Pastries 104
Chapter 19: Savory Baking 106
Chapter 20: Plated Desserts 112
Chapter 21: Chocolates and Confections 114
Chapter 22: Décor 120
Chapter 23: Wedding and Specialty Cakes 122
