Desserts - Softcover

Michel Roux

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787134717 ISBN 13: 9781787134713

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Desserts have been a lifelong passion for Michel Roux and he is widely regarded as an authority on them. Here he presents updated great classics and mouthwatering contemporary recipes, inspired by his travels and designed to suit a fresher, lighter palate.

Each chapter focuses on a particular type of dessert from simple fruit ideas, hot soufflés and puddings, ice creams and sorbets through meringues, mousses and parfaits to delectable tarts, pastries and gâteaux. Step-by-step recipes guide you through specific techniques throughout. Creative, diverse and lavishly illustrated, this superb collection of over 120 recipes includes desserts for all seasons and to suit all occasions.

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About the Author

Michel Roux is a legendary chef and one of the world's greatest experts on French cuisine. At his renowned restaurant, The Waterside Inn at Bray, he has held three Michelin stars for over three decades. His career has been hugely successful ever since he opened his first restaurant, the acclaimed Le Gavroche in London, with his brother Albert in 1967. He holds countless other culinary and personal honours and he was awarded an OBE in 2002 and the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in 2004. His previous titles include Pastry (2007), Sauces (2009), Desserts (2011), The Essence of French Cooking (2014) and Cheese (2017), published by Quadrille. Michel has appeared in several popular television series including, from time to time, Saturday Kitchen. In The Roux Legacy, televised in 2012, leading food critics and top chefs described the Roux family as the most important culinary influence ever in Britain.  This is further underlined by Michel s founding in 1983 and patronage of the Roux Scholarship, the most acclaimed and influential chef competition in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787134717
• ISBN 13: 9781787134713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288