Author: The Culinary Institute of America

Brand: Wiley

Edition: 1

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 448

Release Date: 25-08-2008

Part Number: 9780470118665

Details: Product description A definitive guide to frozen desserts offers tips and techniques for formulating recipes for ice creams, gelato, sorbets, and sherbets and includes recipes for creating two hundred savory items. Title: Frozen Desserts Author: Migoya, Francisco Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date: 2008/08/25 Number of Pages: 440 Binding Type: HARDCOVER Library of Congress: 2007035515 Amazon.com Review It is essential for any serious pastry chef to have a comprehensive knowledge of frozen dessert production, and Frozen Desserts provides all the basic information a pastry professional needs. Introductory chapters include: the history and evolution of frozen desserts ingredients including dairy products, sugars, stabilizers, emulsifiers, fruits, and flavors equipment including churning machines, production equipment, and storage and serving containers essentials on storage, sanitation, and production and serving techniques Recipe chapters cover: Dairy-Based Frozen Desserts, which include ice cream, gelato, and sherbet Non-Dairy Desserts, which include sorbet and granites Aerated Still-Frozen Desserts, which include parfaits, semi-freddos, and frozen mousses and souffles Each recipe chapter covers both classic and modern small-batch production techniques, basic formulas, and both basic and advanced base recipes. The final chapter, "Finished Items", makes use of these base recipes and shows readers how to produce, plate, garnish, and serve small desserts, plated desserts, frozen cakes, and even frozen accompaniments to savory courses. Recipes are illustrated throughout by full-color beauty photographs. An instructor's manual and companion website are also available for classroom use. Exclusive Recipe Excerpts from Frozen Desserts Espresso Cardamom Ice Cream Granny Smith and Fennel Sorbet Passion Fruit Sorbet From the Inside Flap FROZEN DESSERTS Frozen desserts have long been a key part of every pastry chef’s repertoire, and recent innovations such as the Pacojet have expanded today’s frozen dessert options. Now, Francisco Migoya, a professor at The Culinary Institute of America and the former executive pastry chef at The French Laundry, has produced the definitive guide to frozen desserts. Offering comprehensive coverage of ingredients, theory, techniques, and formulas, this unprecedented guide explains how to produce the full range of today’s frozen desserts using both classic and modern methods. Illustrated throughout with 135 striking full-color photographs, Frozen Desserts provides a thorough foundation in every aspect of frozen dessert–making. Chef Migoya examines the pros and cons of batch freezer machines and the Pacojet and explains how to formulate recipes for ice creams, gelato, sorbets, and sherbets that produce consistently excellent results for each. Covering these frozen desserts as well as other types―granité, parfait, semifreddo, bombe, soufflé, mousse, and more―he describes production techniques, offers detailed master formulas, and provides in-depth troubleshooting advice as well as guidance on storage and service issues. In the final chapters of the book, Chef Migoya demonstrates how to apply the techniques he has presented to create 200 deliciously inventive small desserts, plated desserts, entremets, and savory items. From Stracciatella Ice Cream with Chocolate Box and Yuzu Sorbet with Cotton Candy and Black Sesame Seeds to White Truffle Ice Cream with Truffled Tapioca and Shaved Black Truffles and Frozen Praline Parfait with Hazelnut Mascarpone Gateau, these stellar creations exemplify the range of frozen dessert possibilities available today. Here is all the expert guidance and inspiration you need to master production techniques and develop your own signature frozen desserts. Founded in 1946, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor’s and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, as well as certificate programs in

EAN: 8601401204350

Package Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.1 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English