Carole Walter makes it easy for even beginners to create delicious pies and tarts. Simple, step-by-step instructions show how to make both American-style pie pastry and French-style tart pastry. Also included are the four basic recipes on which all other pies and tarts are based. Finall, Walter offers over 150 recipes for both sweet and savory pies, tarts, and sauces, including: · Blueberry Crumb Pie with Warm Blueberry Sauce · Java Eggnog Pie · Flourless Macaroon Tart in Almond Nut Pastry · Apple Tarte Tatin · Wild Mushroom Tart with Savory Streusel This accessible book is a must-have for beginners and an ideal reference for experienced pastry chefs.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Excellent Resource for Baking Great Pies:
I think this book on Great Pies & Tarts is fantastic. It provides many wonderful recipes. But the best aspect of the book is that the author provides key insights into how to bake a pie and strategies for troubleshooting your pie when your pie did not come out as well as you would have liked. It tells you the basics that you should know if you bake any pie. It describes details in pie making that you would only get with experience. So if you want to start off pie making with guidance, avoiding simple... more info
