Chocolate Basics 80 Recipes Illustrated Step by Step - My Cooking Class Author:Orathay Guillaumont, Vania Nikolcic The My Cooking Class Series takes a refreshing approach to learning the art of home cooking. The recipes are presented in complete visual sequences from start to finish, and every ingredient and every step is shown from above in full color so it's as true to life as possible -- just like a real cooking course. Written instructions accompa... more »ny each recipe, and specialized tasks, such as making homemade pasta, are clearly demonstrated. Variations, notes and glossaries are welcome additions to each "class." My Cooking Class replicates a professional cooking course and will transform how home cooks learn to prepare dishes and meals. Every ingredient, pot, pan and tool is shown, not just described, making this new visual cookbook format deliciously simple. Home cooks will have more fun baking with chocolate when they use this highly visual cookbook. Chocolate Basics makes cooking with chocolate easy, and the results are consistently tasty too. The pictorial format of each recipe takes the mystery out of working with chocolate for beginners. The book covers:
Basic creams, ganaches and mousses
Fondants and other soft chocolates
Cakes
Chic chocolates, including truffles and squares
Special dessert mousses
Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside
Childhood favorites, like lollipops, dipped candies on a stick and cookies
Some of the down-home treats and sophisticated desserts are: