Everyone Can Bake: Simple Recipes to Master and Mix

About this book

Named one of the best cookbooks of the season byThe New York Times Chowhound Eater Food & Wine Forbes and more. Acclaimed pastry chef Dominique Ansel shares his simple foolproof recipes for tarts cakes jams buttercreams and more building blocks of desserts for home cooks to master and mix as they please. Dominique Ansel is the creator of beautiful innovative and delicious desserts from the Frozen SMore to the Cronut the croissant-doughnut hybrid that took the world by storm. He has been called the worlds best pastry chef. But this wasnt always the case. Raised in a large working-class family in rural France Ansel could not afford college and instead began work as a bakers apprentice at age sixteen. There he learned the basicshow to make tender chocolate cakes silky custards buttery shortbread and more. Ansel shares these essential go-to recipes for the first time. With easy-to-follow instructions and kitchen tips home cooks can master the building-blocks of desserts. These crucial components can be mixed in a variety of ways and Ansel will show you how: his vanilla tart shell can be rolled out and stamped into cookies; shaped and filled with lemon curd; or even crumbled into a topping for ice cream. This cookbook will inspire beginners and experienced home cooks alike to bake as imaginatively as Ansel himself.