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The Great British Book of Baking: 120 best-loved recipes from teatime treats to pies and pasties. To accompany BBC2's The Great British Bake-off
 
 

The Great British Book of Baking: 120 best-loved recipes from teatime treats to pies and pasties. To accompany BBC2's The Great British Bake-off [Kindle Edition]

Linda Collister
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)

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Beautifully designed to fully replicate the feel of the print book, The Great British Book of Baking is a gorgeous addition to your eBook library. With full-colour images throughout, links to connecting recipes and an easily navigable content list and search function, baking is brought bang up to date in this digital format.

The Great British Book of Baking is the official book to accompany the hit BBC2 TV series The Great British Bake-off, presented by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc. The book takes us on a tour of the very best in baking our nation has to offer � from Eccles cakes to Cornish pasties, Chelsea buns to Scottish gingerbread.

With trips to notable landmarks from baking history � Melton Mowbray and Sandwich among the more famous, as well as locally loved secrets from towns and villages around the country � the book highlights the importance of baking as part of our national heritage. Narrative features explore the regions and showcase the real people behind this hugely popular culinary trend. Recipes that have been passed through the generations, securing themselves as baking classics, make up the chapters of this timely and beautiful book.

Throughout the the TV series, ten contestants from across the nation battle it out to be crowned Britain's Best Baker. They face a series of challenges to test their baking skills to the max, and these recipes are included in the book. Over 120 recipes, as well as numerous adaptations and suggestions, cover the whole range of baking skills from sweet jam tarts to savoury game pie, with flans, rolls, breads and all manner of luxurious cakes in between. Learn how to make perfect puff pastry, the secrets to traditional hand-raised pies and discover the original recipe for West Country lardy cakes.

Whether you want to try your hand at the delicate art of petticoat tails shortbread or dish up a hearty steak pie to a hungry family, you will be looking between the pages of The Great British Book of Baking time and time again as it serves up the very best recipes from around the British Isles.

About the Author

Linda Collister trained at the Cordon Bleu, then La Varenne in Paris. She has written over twenty-five books, nearly all on the subject of baking. Sheila Keating is a food writer who has worked on a wide range of books. She has a special interest in the provenance of British food and has written the narrative introductions for The Great British Book of Baking.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 14968 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (9 Sep 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B00433SVOW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #69,395 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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75 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By isabel in the kitchen TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
This is the one! The holy grail I have searched for all my baking life.

I have an absolute passion for British baking(and eating)and until now my longings have remained unsatisfied. I have wanted a book which has clear, well-written authentic recipes that work; recipes that haven't been dubbed-up with additional, non-traditional ingredients, recipes that are part of the great British baking heritage but equally are enjoyable today- without reflecting yesterday's tastes - using dripping or lard in cakes for example. Julie Duff's Cakes Traditional and Modern has a firm place on my shelf but a great many of her recipes fall into that category and are of mainly historical interest.

This is a lovely collection of the very best of British baking, sweet and savoury. It runs the gamut from pies, bread, biscuits, tarts and flans to cakes. All the homely foundation stones of our rich traditions are here: Scones, Crumpets, Shortbread, Madeira cake, Cornish saffron buns, Bacon and Egg Tart, Cornish Pasties and Beefsteak and Kidney Pie among many others.

Alongside these are some unusual regional specialities such as Stargazey Pie, Westmoreland Tart, Cornish Clotted Cream Cake. As the book accompanies the BBC series the Great British Bake-off there are winning recipes from the contestants too.

The book itself is impressively heavy which conributes to it's authoritative sense and has lovely photos of each bake.

This is such a winner I haven't had it out of my hands since it arrived. I look forward to many happy years of baking it's yummy, moreish treats.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Pawan
Format:Hardcover
Overall a lovely book; and the photos are bound to inspire you to get baking.

There is a good selection of recipes, some familiar, some regional variations that were new to me. Each recipe has a photo, so you can see what you are aiming for - one recipe and one photo per page. Great. Clear instructions are given (if a little longwinded) - but helpful, especially if you are unfamiliar with things like making pastry, as there are some "how to" sections.

The book is split into seven main chapters (following the format of the programme, more or less: Biscuits and teatime treats, Bread, Tarts and Flans, Pies, Cakes, Puddings, Fancy Pastries).

However, I was disappointed that there were only a few recipes from the programme - out of a total of 126 recipes, only 15 are from the show. I was also hoping that Paul Hollywood's "ultimate" scone recipe might feature, or some of Mary Berry's cake recipes, but the recipes included are not attributed to them, nor do they appear to be what was baked on the show (though I have since discovered you can find some of these recipes on the bbc website). For a book of "British" baking I am not sure why things such as brownies and bagels are included, when other classics are omitted ? But other than this, it is an excellent book, with lots of new and classic recipes.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book at the weekend as a gift for my Mum, who loves baking. But I started reading it and was so taken by the wonderful recipes and mouthwatering pictures that I've actually started baking from it myself! The results so far are as good looking as the book so I'm delighted. It's so refreshing to have a picture with every recipe and very interesting that the authors have gone to the trouble of explaining the provenance of the different recipes. I'm ordering a copy for my Mum when I've finished writing this. If you love baking or would like to learn how, I'd really recommend it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not paying this rip off Kindle price
I really dont know how you can justify the 16.99 price tag for the Kindle edition...... muggers about!!No wonder you choose to avoid UK taxes!!
Published 1 day ago by croft 2009
Fantastic book - has become my favourite
Borrowed a friends copy and just had to buy my own! It is so helpful with tips and guides and so easy to follow and understand. Really happy with it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Baking Bear
Very good - but not as much variety as you might think
Recipes really work, and the oven times are bang on. This would make an excellent gift to a first-time baker or student leaving for university. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tangotastic
Baking made easy
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Published 1 month ago by MartinW
British bake Off
My son was using this book and the recipes that he was making were great
So I thought I would buy it and try some I am a novice at cookery I made my first
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Published 2 months ago by Stellamayne
superb book
A book that from the front page gives you the feeling of home cooking and when you open the pages you find all the old favourites its a must for the kitchen shelf!!
Published 4 months ago by paperweight
great britsh bake off
Lovely book full of beautiful pictures as well as scrummy recipes. Even if you are not much of a baker this book is still worth getting just for the pictures.
Published 4 months ago by jennyp18
My favourite recipe book
This book has a great range of baking recipes, and I can always rely on it to make something delicious!
I love the photos and the recipes are all easy to follow. Read more
Published 5 months ago by rosycakes
Lemony Goodness
This book has the best Lemon Drizzle Cake recipe I have ever found! Also it has a really easy to follow tart recipe. Good for beginners and seasoned cooks alike.
Published 5 months ago by Tim Jackson (tj2904)
Great book and easy to follow
This book is so easy to follow and the results are fantastic. It's got the best basics of british cooking and it gives "real" advice that works.
Published 6 months ago by Emmy
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