The Full E book of Cheese: Historical past, Strategies, Recipes, Ideas By Anne-Laure Pham & Mathieu Plantive is a cheese lover’s dream guide!
Preview
This important reference covers all facets of the 4 cheese types – together with 150 varieties; choose, serve, savour, and retailer them; and 46 recipes from all over the world.
This complete guide offers an entire overview of cheese so readers can recognise the properties of every household: their historical past, components, manufacturing and growing old processes, seasonality, flavour profiles, and pairing affinities.
Professional suggestions for selecting which cheese to purchase, serve and retailer it, and the very best methods to understand its nuances give readers the arrogance to:
- Perceive the steps within the manufacturing course of
- Determine 4 sorts, 24 households, and 150 types of cheese
- Pair cheese expertly with totally different meals and drinks
- Create completely balanced cheese boards
- Serve 46 home made recipes
The 4 cheese sorts embrace contemporary (cream cheese, burrata, Halloumi, gjetost), gentle (goat, Brie, Époisses, Roquefort), agency (Morbier, Gouda, Cantal, cheddar), and laborious (Gruyere, Emmentaler, pecorino, provola).
Prompt flavour pairings embrace feta roasted in fig leaves with peppercorns and preserved lemons; Munster with a Tripel pale ale, dessert wine, or gin; Cantal with black cherry jam, mango juice, or on pizza; and Grana in pesto or with glowing or purple wine in accordance with the age. As soon as conversant in the varieties, put your favorite cheese to make use of in savoury or candy recipes, from Quesadillas to Parmesan Soufflé, Frittata à la Scamorza to Tartiflette, Spaghetti Carbonara to Khachapuri, or Cheesecake to Ricotta Pancakes. A glossary, chosen bibliography, and indexes to the cheese varieties and the recipes full the guide.
Assessment
Anne-Laure Pham is a culinary journalist, columnist, and creator. Mathieu Plantive is a cheesemonger who runs Racines, a cheese store in Nantes, France. And their mixed data of cheese is extraordinary. And scrumptious!
If you wish to find out about cheese, it’s historical past, the varieties and recipes – this lovely and really complete guide reveals all. Filled with knowledgeable data and photographs so good they make your mouth water! Discover the world of cheese, not simply French fromages however cheeses from different international locations too. From manufacturing to food and drinks pairings – the guide is stuffed with anecdotes, suggestions and interesting information written in an interesting method with recipes on the finish – candy and savoury.
A cheese lover’s dream!
The Full E book of Cheese: Historical past, Strategies, Recipes, Ideas by Anne-Laure Pham and Mathieu Plantive (Flammarion, 2024)
