As you know, Sarah and I adore everything French, and French baking is no exception. When we received our review copy of Patisserie : Master the Art of French Pastry by Mélanie Dupuis & Anne Cazor, we were inspired to start baking our favourite French treats. Patisserie showcases 100 delicious step by step recipes to help you achieve perfect results at home. Each recipe is beautifully illustrated and includes loads of details such as the special equipment needed, variations, tricky aspects, techniques needed to master, and organisation tips.
All the ingredients are clearly photographed, and the step by step instructions include lots of photographs to guide you successfully through the process.
Paterisserie is divided into two sections – Base Recipes and Pastries. The base recipes includes all the techniques and instruction you need to master tart pastries, yeast doughs, meringues, creams, icings, decorations and more. The Pastries includes all your French favourites such as Mille-Feuilles, Macarons, Black Forest Cake, Chocolate Éclairs, Madeleines, and more.
The photography and illustrations in this volume are amazing. This book will help you confidently prepare these delicious French desserts and treats at home. The hard part will be deciding which treat to bake first!
We thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys French treats and wants to take their French baking to the next level. It would make a lovely gift for the home baking enthusiast. It is s wonderful book to look through and helps you learn all the processes required in French baking.
Hardie Grant Books are giving two lucky A Spoonful of Sugar readers, the chance to win a copy of Patisserie. To enter, simply log into the rafflecopter giveaway box below with your email address or facebook account. Complete as many of the giveaway options as you wish – if you already follow A Spoonful of Sugar on facebook/pinterest etc, just click the button below for an automatic entry. Giveaway is open World Wide until March 15, 2016 . The winners will be notified by email and announced here on this post. Good Luck!
my favorite is definitely Macarons
Fruit tarts… Those tiny little mouthfuls of shiny fruit pieces with rich custard and crisp pastry. With fruit, they have to be healthy, right?!
Macarons are my favorite! ? thanks for the chance to win this gorgeous book!
Definitely little tarts, especially if they involve custard!
I LOVE macarons. Especially pistachio.
Lemon tarts!
Oh gosh this book looks divine! I especially love creme brûlée!
Tarts filled with fruit or puff pastry anything.
Oh I love macarons and meringue!
Thanks for the review, my son has started baking and love Patisserie. I have been looking for a cook book for him, this one looks like great =)
This book looks great. There are three of us that love to bake in our house so much use would be made of it.
Yum.
And thanks for the opportunity.
Oh wonderful book, and I would have a chocolaté cake yet… warm and a lot of chocolaté…I’have lust to eat
My favorite French treat would be Macarons too! though really, I won’t pass up others 🙂
I love tarts!
Mine is Creme Brulee – YUM!!
So difficult to choose…but if i had to choose one, i’ll have to say: eclairs…just love the pastry.
My favorite french inspired treat is macarons! So teeny tiny but so delish!
Oh my goodness, yes please! Macaroons!
Favorite to make are macarons and croissants. In fact, I’ll soon be working on about five dozen macarons for a baby shower.
Favorite to eat is, well….all of it! I mean, French pastries, how could you not love them all???
Chocolate anything!
My favorite french dessert is creme brulee. My daughter loves it too.
My favorite would be pots de creme
The Lemon Meringue Pie looks to die for. I’d buy the book just for that recipe.
I am retired now ,but i was a cook working at Holidays Inn for years than switch to Hospital work .Baking went hand in hand with everything else..always loved the baking week-end or day . Would love to win this book. Oh yes also my husband is french from Quebec ,Canada.
I love macarons!!!!
I have to say croissants – the brunch food of the gods.
Croissants!!!!! Of course.
Macarons!
My fav’s are Palmiers! Crunch and flaky and lots of cinnamon! Yum!
Macaroons!
The sweets look Devine!
This book would satisfy my sweet tooth. Thanks for the chance.
Lemon meringue is my absolute favourite dessert & you can’t beat homemade.
I really love fruit tarts! 🙂
I love pain au chocolate, and fruit tarts….yum!!
Eclairs! Definitely…the chocolate, the cream, fluffy pasry…yum!
Pastry….arg, hate that! LOL.
How can I pick just one?! Would have to be a good Pain-au-chocolate , for breakfast of course 🙂
My favourite French dessert would have to be eclairs… ! I love to do a bit of a fusion and make matcha green tea flavoured ones!
Chocolate eclairs!
Macaroons hands down <3
Wow! This book looks delightful, I especially love recipe books that contain a lot of pictures!
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I am not quite sure they are French-inspired, but I adore cream puffs! They must be light and flaky with a dusting of powdered sugar to be perfect! Oooh-la-la!
Chocolate eclairs are my favorites. I know macarons are all the rage, but I’m an eclair girl from way back.
Creme brûlée …my all time fav!
Macarons are divine, but j’adore creme brulee!
The book looks perfect!
I love macaroons! Laduree in Paris is my favourite place to visit!!
My French cuisine is so limited I don’t know how to answer this question! But if I had this cookbook, I could certainly find out 🙂
It’s all about the macarons. Although one of those pictures of a self-saucing pudding (that’s what it looks like anyway), looks awesome.
Mille-feuille, also known as Napolean, is my fave!!
I forced to choose, I’d have to go with classic croissants. Mmmm buttery goodness!
This book looks great – with all those photos maybe even I could master the macaron!! Yum!
The photos of the desserts you have here are frameable. I could look at them adoringly every day. I very much doubt the French have invented a pastry that I wouldn’t devour with glee. From my own humble hands, I have made chocolate mousse many times. It’s easy and it never disappoints, but I’d love to step out of my comfort zone. This book looks awesome.
Chocolate Éclairs (old school ones, not the ones you get in the bakery now). 30 years ago we used to go past the bakery on the way home from school and buy an éclair for 50 cents and they were sensational!
Nice book! 🙂
Chocolate Eclairs So delish!
Crepes with chocolate and strong black coffee on the side
I own and love the Patisserie (Master the Art of French Pastry) by Melanie & Anne! I have found several inconsistancies in the recipes with respect to proportions/weights/ingredients which cause some of the recipes to “fail”. Is there any way to contact the authors and get resolution?