Petite Ptisserie: Bon Bons, Petits Fours, Macarons and Other Whimsical Bite-Size Treats (Cheryl Wakerhauser)

Description

Cheryl Wakerhauserowner of the award-winning Pix Ptisserieintroduces you to an exciting array of flavors, shapes, textures and colors by focusing on petits fours, bon bons, macarons and more. With step-by-step instructions and tips and tricks to demystify the art of French desserts, making ptisserie is more approachable than ever.

French ptisserie is a study in components, and the author breaks down each recipe, providing information on classic techniques while imbuing each recipe with a new twist. Her petits fours combine flavors like peppermint chocolate cream and gingerbread cake, or tarragon meringue and mini lemon cream puffs, to create the perfect harmony of taste and texture. In addition to petits fours, she also shares a sweet and savory menu for high tea, bon bons that go above and beyond the classic truffle and her own take on macarons, miniaturized to be the size of pop-in-your-mouth candies.