Book description
Beautifully designed to fully replicate the feel of the print book, The
Great British Book of Baking is a gorgeous addition to your eBook
library. With full-colour images throughout, links to connecting recipes
and an easily navigable content list and search function, baking is
brought bang up to date in this digital format. The Great British Book
of Baking is the official book to accompany the hit BBC2 TV series The
Great British Bake-off, presented by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc. The
book takes us on a tour of the very best in baking our nation has to
offer - from Eccles cakes to Cornish pasties, Chelsea buns to Scottish
gingerbread. With trips to notable landmarks from baking history -
Melton Mowbray and Sandwich among the more famous, as well as locally
loved secrets from towns and villages around the country - the book
highlights the importance of baking as part of our national heritage.
Narrative features explore the regions and showcase the real people
behind this hugely popular culinary trend. Recipes that have been passed
through the generations, securing themselves as baking classics, make up
the chapters of this timely and beautiful book. Throughout the the TV
series, ten contestants from across the nation battle it out to be
crowned Britain's Best Baker. They face a series of challenges to test
their baking skills to the max, and these recipes are included in the
book. Over 120 recipes, as well as numerous adaptations and suggestions,
cover the whole range of baking skills from sweet jam tarts to savoury
game pie, with flans, rolls, breads and all manner of luxurious cakes in
between. Learn how to make perfect puff pastry, the secrets to
traditional hand-raised pies and discover the original recipe for West
Country lardy cakes. Whether you want to try your hand at the delicate
art of petticoat tails shortbread or dish up a hearty steak pie to a
hungry family, you will be looking between the pages of The Great
British Book of Baking time and time again as it serves up the very best
recipes from around the British Isles.
