Chocolate Cookbook

No other food comes close to chocolate for sheer indulgence, and this book will show you how to choose it, melt it, cook with it and enjoy it over and over again with the 135 brilliant recipes it contains. The luxurious delights of this wonderful food are explored in this beautiful new book, which features 260 sumptuous photographs, presented in a fresh, bright, contemporary design. There is page after page to take you through the very best of classic cooking with chocolate, and there are great traditional recipes from all over the world. These combine with new, innovative and contemporary ideas to form a truly delicious and comprehensive collection. Chapters that ooze chocolate include Treats; Special Occasion Cakes; Desserts; Tarts, Pies and Cheesecakes; Ice Creams and Sorbets; Cookies, Slices and Bars; Candy, Truffles and Drinks; and Sauces, Frostings and Icings Choices will be hard to make, but you might want to start with Chocolate Profiteroles, Chocolate Lemon Tart or Chocolate Sorbet with Red Fruit. Or you could pick Chocolate Pecan Pie and Chocolate Hazelnut Galettes, or simply resign yourself to the infamous Death by Chocolate. With a guide to ingredients and cooking techniques that show you how to temper, melt, drizzle, pipe, marble, curl, scroll, coat, grate and decorate with chocolate, you will have all the detailed instruction and inspirational recipes you will need to get started immediately, and the clear, concise step by step instructions will guarantee you great results every time.