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Base recipes include challah, cracker, focaccia, lean, pita/naan, pretzel, pumpernickel, and savory and sweet buttermilk doughs. Have fun making bread stalks, edible baskets, leaf branches, quilted buns and bread bowls, savory or sweet confetti bread, sunburst breads, and even a van Dough focaccia garden.
Then take your baking out of this world by learning how to make whole wheat and multigrain variations, natural food dyes, and even decorative frames for your carbo-licious creations. For beginners, Culletto offers a comprehensive overview of bread baking 101, including terminology, necessary equipment, how to work with starters, and more, and little fingers can help by placing decorations. For seasoned bakers, she provides a plethora of inventive tips and techniques, including how to prep veggies, herbs, and other deliciously decorative ingredients; how to prevent scorching; and helpful storage info.
Organized by season and covering all major holidays, Beautiful Bread offers delicious ideas for every occasion, such as framed floral fruit bread for Mother's Day, pretzels with a twist (and that's no lye), themed dough-nations for bake sales, spiced pumpkin bread bowls for fall soups, and more.
Gorgeous instructional photos accompanying 75 mouthwatering recipes will inspire you to embrace your creativity and bake in completely new, exciting ways. You'll be whipping up art you can eat in no time!
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Release date
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780760375242
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780760375242
- File size: 11061 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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October 1, 2023
Bakery owner Culletto has a focaccia recipe for every occasion, turning the rustic bread into edible artwork through the addition of artfully arranged vegetables, fruits, herbs, and seeds. Whether bakers want to impress friends with Vincent van Gogh's Irises in bread form or show off bread-making skills on game day, Culletto has it covered. The book starts with an introduction to bread making in which Culletto describes the best techniques for baking dough, cutting edible decorations, and drafting bread art. She lists essential tools (chopsticks, cookie cutters, silicone baking mats) and defines baking terms that readers might encounter in her recipes, following up with some bread-baking tips. Readers will fall in love with Culletto's easy-to-understand focaccia recipes and appreciate the book's tantalizing images as they learn to turn simple ingredients into works of art. VERDICT Readers who want to elevate their focaccia bread-making skills will definitely want to read this, but the step-by-step instructions also make it accessible to novices.--Brittany Fechtman
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