Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Hertzberg and Francois (Book)

Fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time.

There’s nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread to fill a kitchen with warmth, eager appetites and endless praise for the baker who took on such a time consuming task.The secret to five minute bread is to prepare enough dough for several days and store in the refrigerator. This book gives you the fundamental recipes and techniques for creating your dough and then a plethora of recipes to create crusty artisan bread or flavoured breads using; seeds, spices, nuts, vegetables, fruit, honey or chocolate. A section is devoted to varieties of flours and their properties. Included are recipes for foods to complement your bread such as dips and salads and even some cake recipes.Jeff Hertzberg MD has been a physician, university professor, IT consultant and ardent amateur baker. He developed his great love of bread growing up in an ethnically diverse pocket of New York and refined this love while travelling through France, Morocco, Italy, Germany, Spain and Britain.Zoe Francois is a trained pastry chef and baker. She teaches baking and pastry, consults to restaurants and creates custom desserts and wedding cakes.