Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft / Edition 3

by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

Overview

Baking and Pastry, Third Edition continues its reputation as being a must-have guide for all culinary and baking and pastry students and baking and pastry industry professionals. This new edition improves upon the last with the addition of hundreds of new recipes and photographs, and revised, up-to-date information on creating spectacular pastries, desserts, and breads. New content includes sustainability and seasonality, new trends in plated desserts and wedding and special occasion cakes, and more information on savory and breakfast pastries, volume production, and decor techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470928653
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/16/2015
Pages:	1136
Sales rank:	186,687
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.90(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is anindependent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's andassociate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, aswell as certificate programs in culinary arts and wine and beveragestudies. A network of more than 45,000 alumni has helped the CIAearn its reputation as the world's premier culinary college.The CIA, which also offers courses for professionals and foodenthusiasts, as well as consulting services for the foodservice andhospitality industry, has campuses in Hyde Park, New York; St. Helena, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singapore.

Table of Contents

Preface xviii

Part One The Professional Baker and Pastry Chef

1 Career Opportunities for Baking and Pastry Professionals 2

2 Ingredient Identification 12

3 Equipment Identification 38

4 Advanced Baking Principles 60

5 Food and Kitchen Safety 76

6 Baking Formulas and Bakers’ Percentages 90

Part Two Yeast-Raised Breads and Rolls

7 Yeast-Raised Breads and Rolls 104

8 Advanced Yeast Breads and Rolls 152

Part Three Baking Building Blocks

9 Pastry Doughs and Batters 220

10 Quick Breads and Cakes 252

11 Cookies 328

12 Custards, Creams, Mousses, and Soufflés 392

13 Icings, Glazes, and Sauces 462

14 Frozen Desserts 554

Part Four Assembling and Finishing

15 Pies, Tarts, and Fruit Desserts 616

16 Filled and Assembled Cakes and Tortes 668

17 Breakfast Pastries 730

18 Individual Pastries 762

19 Savory Baking 818

20 Plated Desserts 858

21 Chocolates and Confections 902

22 Décor 976

23 Wedding And Specialty Cakes 1030

Appendix A Elemental Recipes 1064

Appendix B Décor Templates 1082

Appendix C Conversions, Equivalents, And Calculations 1084

Appendix D Readings And Resources 1086

Glossary 1090

Subject Index 1096

Recipe Index 1105

Editorial Reviews

Having attained a sort of unofficial status as the final arbiter in American cooking, the Culinary Institute of America (that other CIA) brings the proper authority to this encyclopedic work. Surely no single chef or restaurant team would be trusted to cover such a range of subjects, from yeast doughs, quick breads, pies and cookies to confections, decorations and wedding cakes. Unfortunately, this comprehensiveness is matched by a sense of style befitting an encyclopedia, or, perhaps more accurately, a textbook. Sections in the introduction on "dressing for safety" and "managing human resources" make it clear that the CIA (and Wiley) intend to sell more than a few copies to students and working chefs. The home cook who skips right to the recipes will sooner or later be frustrated by the professional quantities (the Old-Fashioned Pound Cake recipe produces six two-pound loaves) and measures (when was the last time you doled out your egg yolks by the ounce?). In the more complex recipes, frequent cross references on the ingredient list make it difficult to follow the process as a whole. With these caveats in mind, advanced home cooks will appreciate having this around as a master guidebook that defines the standard methods and fills in the gaps left by others. Libraries will find it useful behind the reference desk to handle tough questions, and bookstores might try marketing the book to local restaurateurs. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Baking is certainly a "hot" profession right now: baking programs have waiting lists, and pastry chefs at the best-known restaurants are gaining celebrity status. Based in Hyde Park, NY, the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) has developed this outstanding, comprehensive reference for students and professionals. Hundreds of pages are devoted to restaurant kitchen management, chemical analysis of ingredients, safe handling and storage of products in a professional setting, and professional-scale equipment. There are tables for standard formulas, volume-to-weight conversion, calculating edible portions, and the like. The volume also contains 350 recipes, many of them classic breads and desserts, presented in a professional format that will be unfamiliar to most home cooks. Of similar excellence, Baking Illustrated, from the editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine, is a much more user-friendly book for home bakers. Recommended for large collections or academic libraries that support programs in the culinary arts. Mary Schlueter, Missouri River Regional Lib., Jefferson City, MO Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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