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The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 4: Pies and Tarts)
The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 4: Pies and Tarts)
The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 4: Pies and Tarts)
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The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 4: Pies and Tarts)

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Introduction (For the entire series)

From The Slopes To The Shore...

Are you tired? Are you tired of fancy (or not so fancy) baking books by fancy chefs with even fancier recipes that just don't measure up to all that hype? Are you tired of recipe failures while on a ski holiday or just because you live above 3000 feet? Are you tired of passion fruit foams and green tea cookies when all you want is a chocolate chip cookie recipe that will work every single time? Do you need a pie for the long summer weekend; or a quick, yummy after school treat; or a simple cake with effortless style to make your neighbors jealous; or a truffle that will awaken the mad passionate desires of your lover and make them beg for more? Psssst, do you want a chocolate chip cookie now? No, I mean a really good chocolate chip cookie? Well, let's make that chocolate chip cookie together. It's easy and I can show you how.

Family Recipes From My Home To Yours...

Come with me on a family journey through baking where the luck of the Irish gives way to solid science and produces a collection of family baking favorites that your family will cherish for years to come. This debut collection from Irish-trained chef, Chris Reynolds, celebrates the landscape of his family's baking tradition and contains 323 "master" recipes and 582 recipe variations. This cookbook is a wide-ranging, comprehensive collection chock-full of beloved classics like chewy gingerbread cookies, triple-chocolate brownies, jalapeno cheddar corn bread, shoofly pie, sour cream coffeecake, fresh peach ice cream, crunchy granola, and the best pizza crust ever. This is an inspired collection of classics and contemporary twists where we tease traditional flavours and let you know you've just had something special. Classics with attitude and altitude.

High-Altitude Baking that Really Works...

You'll learn that it's possible to serve a from-scratch comfort food classic like buttermilk biscuits on a weeknight when time is tight or a high-altitude cake on your skiing holiday that won't fall flat. In addition to foolproof recipes, all the recipes were tested at high-altitude by the author, himself. Each high-altitude adjustment is precise to give success at 5200ft (Denver, Colorado). In addition, each chapter introduction gives insights into high-altitude baking and tips on adjusting your own recipes.

Retro-Modern???

Chris Reynolds is a professional baker trained at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland by the famed cooking teachers Darina and Rachel Allen. While he embraces an artisan philosophy, emphasizing the freshest organic ingredients, sound techniques, and from-scratch baking; he's also well aware that stirring a caramel on the stove for 90 minutes is a drag. "I wanted recipes that people would embrace, enjoy and actually make. No one, not even me, is going make a cookie that requires me to stand at the stove for 90 minutes. That's just not practical in our modern world." This book embraces a "retro-modern" approach. Old-fashioned recipes are updated for modern life. That could mean streamlining the steps, using modern flavour combinations, using different techniques to give fool-proof results, or even scaling a recipe to feed a family of four.

A Photo of Every Recipe...

If the easy, care-free recipes don't grab you, then the stunning full-colour photos of every recipe surely will. This book is a delight for the eyes as well as the palate. This is homey, doable baking at its best - a lively, in-depth portrait of a family who loves to bake. Pass me another truffle!

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 25, 2017
ISBN9781370889648
The High Plains Sifter: Retro-Modern Baking for Every Altitude (Part 4: Pies and Tarts)
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Chris Reynolds

Chris Reynolds wrote and drew the award-winning "The New World" published in 2018 by New York Review Comics. He also writes the "Mauretania Comics" series of stories, the "Cinema Detectives" series and "Moon Queen and The Bee."

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    The High Plains Sifter - Chris Reynolds

    Introduction (For the entire series)

    From The Slopes To The Shore…

    Are you tired? Are you tired of fancy (or not so fancy) baking books by fancy chefs with even fancier recipes that just don't measure up to all that hype? Are you tired of recipe failures while on a ski holiday or just because you live above 3000 feet? Are you tired of passion fruit foams and green tea cookies when all you want is a chocolate chip cookie recipe that will work every single time? Do you need a pie for the long summer weekend; or a quick, yummy after school treat; or a simple cake with effortless style to make your neighbors jealous; or a truffle that will awaken the mad passionate desires of your lover and make them beg for more? Psssst, do you want a chocolate chip cookie now? No, I mean a really good chocolate chip cookie? Well, let's make that chocolate chip cookie together. It's easy and I can show you how.

    Family Recipes From My Home To Yours…

    Come with me on a family journey through baking where the luck of the Irish gives way to solid science and produces a collection of family baking favorites that your family will cherish for years to come. This debut collection from Irish-trained chef, Chris Reynolds, celebrates the landscape of his family's baking tradition and contains 323 master recipes and 582 recipe variations. This cookbook is a wide-ranging, comprehensive collection chock-full of beloved classics like chewy gingerbread cookies, triple-chocolate brownies, jalapeno cheddar corn bread, shoofly pie, sour cream coffeecake, fresh peach ice cream, crunchy granola, and the best pizza crust ever. This is an inspired collection of classics and contemporary twists where we tease traditional flavours and let you know you've just had something special. Classics with attitude and altitude.

    High-Altitude Baking that Really Works…

    You'll learn that it's possible to serve a from-scratch comfort food classic like buttermilk biscuits on a weeknight when time is tight or a high-altitude cake on your skiing holiday that won't fall flat. In addition to foolproof recipes, all the recipes were tested at high-altitude by the author, himself. Each high-altitude adjustment is precise to give success at 5200ft (Denver, Colorado). In addition, each chapter introduction gives insights into high-altitude baking and tips on adjusting your own recipes.

    Retro-Modern???

    Chris Reynolds is a professional baker trained at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland by the famed cooking teachers Darina and Rachel Allen. While he embraces an artisan philosophy, emphasizing the freshest organic ingredients, sound techniques, and from-scratch baking; he's also well aware that stirring a caramel on the stove for 90 minutes is a drag. I wanted recipes that people would embrace, enjoy and actually make. No one, not even me, is going make a cookie that requires me to stand at the stove for 90 minutes. That's just not practical in our modern world. This book embraces a retro-modern approach. Old-fashioned recipes are updated for modern life. That could mean streamlining the steps, using modern flavour combinations, using different techniques to give fool-proof results, or even scaling a recipe to feed a family of four.

    A Photo of Every Recipe…

    If the easy, care-free recipes don't grab you, then the stunning full-colour photos of every recipe surely will. This book is a delight for the eyes as well as the palate. This is homey, doable baking at its best - a lively, in-depth portrait of a family who loves to bake. Pass me another truffle!

    High-Altitude Baking Notes for Pies and Tarts:

    When people move from sea level to high altitude, there are two responses when confronted with baking. One is acceptance and empowerment knowing that with a little knowledge and practice, you will be able to find a solution. The second response is avoidance. Just find recipes that don't need adjusting. It's a valid solution that I have been guilty of in the past. I have a friend who once said I never have trouble baking at high altitude because I only bake pies. Touché!

    Because water boils at a lower temperature, I use cornstarch to thicken my fruit pies since it begins to thicken at a lower temperature. Your fruit pies may need more baking time to thicken properly. Watch your fruit pies for signs that the filling is bubbling to be sure they will thicken. Look for bubbling juices in the center of the pie through the vent holes or streusel topping.

    Since, baking pie fillings all the way through can take longer than it would at sea level, cover pies loosely with foil during part of the baking time to prevent the top crust from burning before the fruit beneath is completely cooked.

    I have read reports that some custard pies take longer to bake at altitude. I haven't found that to be the case at my home at 5200ft. However, as a general rule, I only use the baking times in any book as a loose guide and always judge doneness by appearance and insert a knife near the center of the pie to make sure it comes out clean.

    Possible adjustments:

    When trying a new recipe written for sea-level, I always follow the directions as written and then evaluate the results. As you gain confidence and experience, you will be able to detect the trouble spots in each recipe and make some basic changes ahead of time.

    Different types of baked goods need different adjustments and each recipe is unique. Sometimes, a recipe might only need one of these adjustments, sometimes, they will need them all. Always keep high-altitude notes in the margin of each recipe and you will begin to see patterns and tendencies.

    All of the photographs in the book were baked and photographed at my home in

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