Professional baking /

Gisslen, Wayne, 1946-

Professional baking / - 5th ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009. - xxx, 770 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 757) and indexes.

The baking profession --Basic professional skills : bakeshop math and sanitation --Baking and pastry equipment --Ingredients --Basic baking principles --Understanding yeast doughs --Understanding artisan breads --Lean yeast doughs --Rich yeast doughs --Quick breads --Doughnuts, fritters, pancakes, and waffles --Basic syrups, creams, and sauces --Pies --Pastry basics --Tarts and special pastries --Cake mixing and baking --Assembling and decorating cakes --Specialty cakes, gateaux, and torten --Cookies --Custards, puddings, mousses, and souffles --Frozen desserts --Fruit desserts --Dessert presentation --Chocolate --Marzipan, nougatine, and pastillage --Sugar techniques --Baking for special diets. Appendices: Large-quantity measurement --Metric conversion factors --Decimal equivalents of common fractions --Approximate volume equivalents of dry foods --Temperature calculations for yeast doughs --Eggs and safety.

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Baking.
Food presentation.

TX763 / .G47 2009

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