Pies, Tarts, Tortes, Galettes, and Other Pastries Reinvented
Stewart, Tabori and Chang
April 2012
On Sale: April 1, 2012
252 pages ISBN: 1584799633 EAN: 9781584799634 Kindle: B008ZR91G4 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
"Itβs a conundrum I canβt understand. Someoneβs hankering for pie; you can see the pie-longing in their eyes. They want a delicious flaky crust, something with buttery overtones. They want fresh fruitβnot a vague whisper of berry in a butter cream, but overt chunks of apple, discernible bites of berry. But itβs just not done. You donβt serve pie at special events like fiftieth birthdays, dinner parties, silveranniversaries, or, God forbid, at a wedding. To which I reply, βBullpuckies.β"
And so begins Pie It Forward: Pies, Tarts, Tortes, Galettes, and Other Pastries Reinvented. Pie has always been a popular cookbook topic, yet in Pie It Forward, baker, confectioner, and pastry master Gesine Bullock-Prado unveils an entirely new frontier of pies, redefining what can be done with a piecrust and pastry shell. Expect lattice and cutouts with an entirely modern twist. Homemade puff pastry made easy. Individual pie pops to replace tiredcupcakes. Surprising and wildly successful explorations with beer (Chocolate Stout Pudding Pie), exotic fruits (Yuzu-Ginger Rice Pudding Meringue Pie), and candy making (Earl Grey Truffle Tart). And there are the classics tooβriffing on her German roots, her Hollywood background, and life on her Vermont farmβa Blueberry Brown Butter Tart, an Italian Plum Tart with a yeasted-dough crust, a tiramisu-inspired Espresso Tart, a Vermont Pizza Pie, and more. Including sweet, savory, layered, and miniature pies and tarts, Bullock-Prado presents these recipes with a voice that removes the intimidation factor and inspires readers to break out of the double-crust straitjacket and try her signature creationsβand to laugh out loud along the way.
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