Japanese Pâtisserie: Exploring the Beautiful and Delicious Fusion of East meets West by James Campbell
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- ISBN 10 1849758107
- ISBN 13 9781849758109
- Linked ISBNs
- 9781788797191 Hardcover (United Kingdom) 10/14/2025
- 9781788790062 eBook (United Kingdom) 9/15/2017
- Published Apr 04 2017
- Format Hardcover
- Page Count 176
- Language English
- Countries United Kingdom
- Publisher Ryland Peters & Small
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Stunning recipes for pâtisserie, desserts and savories with a contemporary Japanese twist. This elegant collection is aimed at the confident home-cook who has an interest in using ingredients such as yuzu, sesame, miso, and matcha.The concept of fusion in food can be magical - when cuisines and cultures collide, combining flavors, ingredients, and methods from around the world creates new classics, the best of which become staples in our everyday lives. Trends like Japanese Matcha in our lattes, Korean kimchi in our burgers and Thai Sriracha hot sauce on - well everything - prove that our love-in with Asian cuisine is thriving. Tokyo is now considered a food-forward city, currently boasting 15 three Michelin-starred restaurants (compared to France's 10). Over the past 20 years there has been a surge in celebrated French pâtisserie chefs moving to Japan to open fine pâtisseries. The art of French pâtisserie appeals very much to the Japanese culture - both share values of beauty, precision, and care within cooking. This book features 60 recipes, from reinvented classics to stunning pâtisserie creations made achievable to the home-cook. The chapters will be broken into Small Cakes & Individual Pâtisserie, which will include Lemon & Yuzu Éclairs. Sweet Tarts will offer delights such as Miso Butterscotch Tarts and the Large Cakes & Gâteaux section offers celebration cakes like a Matcha & Pistachio Opera. In the Desserts section find dinner party classics with Japanese twists such as White Sesame & Adzuki Cheesecake. The Cookies & Confectionery chapter is full of fun treats like Sesame Peanut Butter Cookies and a Green Tea chocolate candy bar. To finish, some mouth-watering savory recipes such as Panko Donuts stuffed with Pork Katsu. A flavor matrix will helpfully map key characteristics of Japanese ingredients.
