A collection of recipes for all kinds of desserts--custards, ice creams, sorbets, meringues, mousses, and fruit desserts--including such treats as Biscuit Tortoni, Iced Raspberry Souffle, Baked Alaska, and many others.
that usually contain some type of liqueur, then this is the book for you. The pictures are lovely and the recipes are unique. A couple things: Several of the recipes require an icecream machine. The book says you can make them without it but that doesn't work so well. Also, this book was publish in England so I didn't have access to some of the ingredients here in the States. Gooseberries anyone?
The best part of this book is the beautiful pictures...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I've looked over them many times because they are so lovely. The down side is that I haven't made many of the recipes because I don't have an icecream maker or the time to make these intricate desserts. However, if I wanted to impress people with a gorgeous frozen or chilled dessert, this is the first place I'd turn.
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