Truffles, Candies, and Confections: Techniques and Recipes for Candymaking

With TRUFFLES CANDIES AND CONFECTIONS at your side starting a candymaking tradition will be as rewarding as it is delectable. Imagine your favorite candymaybe its a velvety raspberry truffle or a piece of crisp English toffee. In this completely revised and expanded edition of a culinary classic pastry chef and teacher Carole Bloom shows intrepid bakers how to turn their visions of sugarplums into home-baked perfection. Bloom begins with an illuminating discussion of candymaking essentials from ingredients to tools to techniques and then shares more than 180 exquisitely detailed recipes for truffles caramels nut brittles fudge and more. If you havent dared to try candymaking or have been frustrated by attempts in the past get out the baking sheets and gift boxesits time to prepare devour and share batches of blissful homemade treats like Mocha Truffles Hazelnut Chocolate Kisses Vanilla Cream Caramels Butter Peanut Brittle and Maple Pecan Fudge. Blooms clear concise instructions will help beginners master even the trickiest techniques like tempering chocolate and making caramel and her many recipe variations will inspire experienced candymakers to experiment with new flavor combinations.