Dappled Baking recipes for fruit lovers

Nicole Rucker

Book - 2019

"Fresh fruit-based desserts from beloved Los Angeles pastry chef and restaurateur Nicole Rucker"--

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Subjects
Genres
Cookbooks
Published
New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Nicole Rucker (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
255 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780735218017
  • How to choose fruit
  • Fruit for breakfast and brunch
  • Cookies and bars
  • Dessert cakes, puddings, cobblers, and crisps
  • Pies, tarts, and galettes
  • Ice creams and sorbets
  • Sugared, salted, and preserved
  • Pantry recipes.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Rucker, owner of L.A.'s Fiona bakery, shares her obsession with fruit in this delightful debut collection. She begins with a chapter on "How to Choose Fruit," which includes charts on which fruits will ripen after picking and which won't. From there she dives into recipes, starting with breakfast and brunch option: scones, coffee cakes, and doughnuts are interspersed with inventive morning selections such as "Fruit Soup" (a blend of dried apricots, figs, apples, raisins, and currants in tapioca) and multigrain pancakes with peaches. Not surprisingly, desserts dominate and feature cakes, ice cream, pies, and puddings, including a stunning vanilla rice pudding with Marsala baked pears, which is an homage to one she ate in college. She also suggests a boiled maple '"pumpkin" pie, which is a kabocha squash twist on the Thanksgiving classic. She closes the volume with "Pantry Recipes," featuring a recipe for flaky butter crust (there's also a whole wheat crust option), ricotta biscuits, and brioche dough. Festive recipes and enticing photos make this a top pick for home bakers eager to indulge in fruit. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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