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The Complete Book of Cheese: History, Techniques, Recipes, Tips By Anne-Laure Pham & Mathieu Plantive is a cheese lover’s dream e book!
Preview
This important reference covers all points of the 4 cheese types – together with 150 varieties; learn how to choose, serve, savor, and retailer them; and 46 recipes from world wide.
This complete e book supplies a whole overview of cheese so readers can acknowledge the properties of every household: their historical past, components, manufacturing and growing old processes, seasonality, taste profiles, and pairing affinities.
Expert ideas for selecting which cheese to purchase, learn how to serve and retailer it, and the very best methods to understand its nuances give readers the arrogance to:
- Understand the steps within the manufacturing course of
- Identify 4 sorts, 24 households, and 150 kinds of cheese
- Pair cheese expertly with totally different meals and drinks
- Create completely balanced cheese boards
- Serve 46 do-it-yourself recipes
The 4 cheese sorts embrace recent (cream cheese, burrata, Halloumi, gjetost), delicate (goat, Brie, Époisses, Roquefort), agency (Morbier, Gouda, Cantal, cheddar), and laborious (Gruyere, Emmentaler, pecorino, provola) .
Suggested taste pairings embrace feta roasted in fig leaves with peppercorns and preserved lemons; Munster with a Tripel pale ale, dessert wine, or gin; Cantal with black cherry jam, mango juice, or on pizza; and Grana in pesto or with glowing or purple wine based on the age. Once accustomed to the varieties, put your favourite cheese to make use of in savory or candy recipes, from Quesadillas to Parmesan Soufflé, Frittata à la Scamorza to Tartiflette, Spaghetti Carbonara to Khachapuri, or Cheesecake to Ricotta Pancakes. A glossary, chosen bibliography, and indexes to the cheese varieties and the recipes full the e book.
Review
Anne-Laure Pham is a culinary journalist, columnist, and writer. Mathieu Plantive is a cheesemonger who runs Racines, a cheese store in Nantes, France. And their mixed data of cheese is extraordinary. And scrumptious!
If you need to find out about cheese, it is historical past, the varieties and recipes – this stunning and really complete e book reveals every little thing. Full of professional data and photographs so good they make your mouth water! Explore the world of cheese, not simply French cheeses however cheeses from different nations too. From manufacturing to foods and drinks pairings – the e book is stuffed with anecdotes, ideas and interesting information written in an attractive manner with recipes on the finish – candy and savory.
A cheese lover’s dream!
The Complete Book of Cheese: History, Techniques, Recipes, Tips by Anne-Laure Pham and Mathieu Plantive (Flammarion, 2024)