Bread is the one common factor linking every culture together since the beginning of history. It holds a social and gastronomi significance for everybody. Paul Hollywood's love of this creative foodstuff has built him a thriving bakery and seen him creating breads for some of the country's most famous hotels. He believes in celebrating not only the breaking of bread, but the making of it too, and conveys his own love of bread-making and its therapeutic powers in this collection of recipes. From basic bread to breakfast breads, Mediterranean, traditional and ancient recipes, pizzas, muffins and cakes, these recipes take in every aspect of bread-making. They throw a fresh light on this seemingly simple food with a multitude of flavours, and a twist on the older ones.
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I want this book to well-used and thumbed through. Having baked at some of the most lavish hotels of the world, it would be satisfying to know that the recipes in this book will find their way to your dining table. The recipes are easy to follow and taste delicious. Bread is essentially easy to make and I hope you enjoy making them as much as I have. The recipes in this book from the likes of Italy, France and above all Cyprus represent my travels through Europe on my quest to find good, hearty bread [with no additives]. My crusade is to put bread back where it belongs, in the centre of our tables with the likes of wine, cheese, pate and olives.....ENJOY!
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Paul Hollywood started his training as a baker aged twelve and then went to art college and trained as a sculptor. The love of working with his hands finally led him into creating new, unique and specialty breads full-time. He has worked as Head Baker at several renowned hotels and is the founder of the Hollywood Company Deli which supplies his own breads to top London restaurants and supermarkets. Paul regularly co-presents Good Food Live on the UKFood channel and has made several guest appearances on 'Richard and Judy', 'The Heaven and Earth Show', 'This Morning' and 'Ready Steady Cook'. He has recently appeared as a judge on The Great British Bake Off.
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210 of 217 people found the following review helpful
By Old Hen
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Having watched Paul Hollywood on the Great Britsh Bake Off I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book as I've baked bread, for many years, and wanted to learn something from the man himself. I was really looking forward to some advice and tips from the Master Baker, along with some really adventurous bread recipes. I feel cheated. Firstly the title is not strictly true....100 Great Breads....I don't think so. As well as a recipe for "bread letters", which are varnished and used as decorative pieces, the book includes recipes for scones (3 types), 5 types of focaccia, various danish pastries, cheese biscuits and cheese straws, Oh - I almost forgot, the chapter of "Sweet Treats" which has 10 recipes for a variety of sweet delights ranging from apple pies to pancakes.
Most of the recipes for bread, i.e loaves of bread, use white flour; one or two have that dash of adventure with wholemeal or rye, but where's the spelt, the granary? Okay, so we have a short chapter on The History of Bread, but I can find no mention of different types of grain, or the milling of flour for bread baking. The chapter on Tools, Techniques and Tips is so brief as to wonder why he bothered; once again he doesn't even mention the types of flour available, which is astonishing given that this is a Bread Recipe book
No, I'm sorry, but when I want 100 great bread recipes, that is what I hope to get.
Most of the recipes for bread, i.e loaves of bread, use white flour; one or two have that dash of adventure with wholemeal or rye, but where's the spelt, the granary? Okay, so we have a short chapter on The History of Bread, but I can find no mention of different types of grain, or the milling of flour for bread baking. The chapter on Tools, Techniques and Tips is so brief as to wonder why he bothered; once again he doesn't even mention the types of flour available, which is astonishing given that this is a Bread Recipe book
No, I'm sorry, but when I want 100 great bread recipes, that is what I hope to get.
139 of 146 people found the following review helpful
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This book has so many great recipes in it the only problem you may have is "where do I start?".
If you are a complete novice though this question is answered for you as Paul recommends you try the wheatsheaf bread first.
I have a breadmaker and although I love the simplicity of it, my loaves were always dense and heavy. Now that I have tried a few of the recipes from this book I am embarrased that I ever served these poor efforts to my family! Since buying this book none of my bread creations have failed, everything comes out light looking 'shop bought'.
My biggest compliment was when my husband refused to believe that the bread we were eating was made and not shop bought, and my daughter ask me to make loaves everyday for lunch.
Everything in this book is easy to undertand with step by step instuctions to guarantee success, there are a lot of tasy sounding variations for your money too. Sweet and savoury breads from different cultures too including croissants, nan, pitta breads, danish pastries, scones, beer bread!
If you buy this book, my biggest tip would be - try the baguette recipe first, a great recipe for bread that practically makes itself and the best bit is NO KNEADING.
Get rid of your breadmaker, all these can be made with less than 20 minutes effort - you won't regret it! (p.S go and get some fresh yeast from the bakery dept in Tesco's)
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have been making bread for quite a while now and having watched the Great British Bake Off decided to buy Paul Hollowoods book. I have found that although some of the recopes work well there are others, such as the batch loaf recipe, where the salt content is far too high and the resultant loaf inedible because of this. I am not sure whether the tablespoon of salt recommended for the recipe is a mistake but I have tried it twice now and had to throw the bread away. This also applies to the high yeast content recommended. I use dried yeast, a 7 gramm packet makes a standard loaf, yet Paul recommends 20 gramms of fresh yeast but if using dried yeast 25% less obviously thus making it 15 gramms of dried yeast. I follow each recipe to the letter on timing and also take into account ambient room temperature when proofing the dough. The salt content mentioned in the recipes is too high and should be reduced. Sorry Paul.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By joewb69
Format:Hardcover
I hoped to start out on a journey with Paul Hollywood, Master Baker? A journey that would Guide me through 100 great bread recipes. However, given how picky Mr Hollywood is about how people should follow his recipes accurately on 'Great British Bake Off', I have found the number of typos in this book (I purchased the kindle version) a bit slapdash and frankly disappointing.
I followed the advice in the book to try making the wheat sheaf first. This was a great activity with the children and kept us occupied for many hours. In fact I hadn't really banked on how long it would take to make all those pesky ears of corn? And the size of it! It just about fit in my oven but took a heck of a lot longer to cook and brown than the instructions in the book advised. I am an experienced home baker, but put this down to beginners errors.
Next up cheese scones, easy peasy you might think? Well, I was sceptical about using strong white flour but when the scones came out of the oven I thought I was onto a winning batch! They were the most perfect looking scones I have ever seen or baked before. Sadly though only one downside, the 30g of sugar in the recipe provided an unsavoury sweetness. I double checked the recipe but yes no salt was prescribed, only sugar. I scanned reviews to see if anyone had noticed this thinking it might be a typo but no, I could find nothing to indicate that the recipe was wrong.
Perhaps it was me being heavy handed I thought, again not wishing to believe that my Master Baker's recipes were less than perfect. And he didn't let me down on the basic white bread recipe. Chuck it all in a bowl, mix by hand, leave to rise and yes I managed at last to produce a successful loaf with a great rise and taste.... Read more ›
I followed the advice in the book to try making the wheat sheaf first. This was a great activity with the children and kept us occupied for many hours. In fact I hadn't really banked on how long it would take to make all those pesky ears of corn? And the size of it! It just about fit in my oven but took a heck of a lot longer to cook and brown than the instructions in the book advised. I am an experienced home baker, but put this down to beginners errors.
Next up cheese scones, easy peasy you might think? Well, I was sceptical about using strong white flour but when the scones came out of the oven I thought I was onto a winning batch! They were the most perfect looking scones I have ever seen or baked before. Sadly though only one downside, the 30g of sugar in the recipe provided an unsavoury sweetness. I double checked the recipe but yes no salt was prescribed, only sugar. I scanned reviews to see if anyone had noticed this thinking it might be a typo but no, I could find nothing to indicate that the recipe was wrong.
Perhaps it was me being heavy handed I thought, again not wishing to believe that my Master Baker's recipes were less than perfect. And he didn't let me down on the basic white bread recipe. Chuck it all in a bowl, mix by hand, leave to rise and yes I managed at last to produce a successful loaf with a great rise and taste.... Read more ›
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What did you expect from Hollywood
Full of so many delicious recipes, just hope we don't put on too much weight trying them all, but will give it a go
Published 7 days ago by David Thorley
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Ok but....
Ok book but not many pictures of the finished breads ! More technical details would be nice and its annoying to have to keep thinking about the fact that the recipes use fresh... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Barry Parker
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Wow I can't get enough of this book
Wow I can't get enough of this book its fantastic I think I may need to diet
after trying out all these lovely recipes
after trying out all these lovely recipes
Published 9 days ago by L. Willis
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Bought as present
.... and some of the breads have been made by the receiptant! I have had the pleasure of tasting some of them and .... I'm enjoying freshly baked bread varieties is lovely! :)
Published 17 days ago by N
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Bread making
Fantastic book, brilliant . Highly recommend. Easy to download to our kindle, so recipes to hand
Will tell friends and family
BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU DONT BUY ANYTHING ELSE... Read more
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Published 20 days ago by Murf
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100 Great Breads
Lovely book and a bigger version of Paul Hollywoods "Bread Book ", easy to read and easy to follow instructions, giving you more different breads
Published 20 days ago by Joan Hicks
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A great collection.
This book reminds me of a pot pouri of flowers, just lots of lovely flavours that make bread so enjoyable!
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. P. J. Pendleton
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Delicious
Easy to follow instructions resulting in delicious breads. Have made several of the breads now and never been disappointed. Read more
Published 1 month ago by C
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100 great breads
Some fantastic recipes and ideas for
Some very different breads. Great practice advice an very easy to understand and follow.
Some very different breads. Great practice advice an very easy to understand and follow.
Published 1 month ago by Helen
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great recipes
A great book for someone starting out their brad making journey. There are some good tips for bread making, simple instructions to follow and some wonderful recipes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by bigink
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