SIFT: The Elements of Great Baking

SIFT is a baking bible by Nicola Lamb that provides essential elements and techniques to master any bake. With over 100 delicious recipes, it covers bakes in different time ranges and includes informative illustrations and explanations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

An Essential, New Baking Bible



Nicola Lamb's SIFT is the ultimate guide to baking, offering you the essential elements to master any bake. For fans of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, and The Flavor Thesaurus. Every page is a masterclass in better baking - Nigel Slater.



When your bake rebels, trust in SIFT. Nicola Lamb solves the many mysteries of baking, such as why ganache misbehaves, why dough acts up, and what "until golden brown" truly means. Informative, enriching, and so delicious - Yotam Ottolenghi.



Nicola understands and explains baking like nobody else - Jamie Oliver. Simply extraordinary recipes - Helen Goh. Everything you ever wanted to know about baking but were too afraid to ask - Felicity Cloake.



Nicola Lamb is the go-to person for all your baking questions and cravings. In her essential new baking bible, SIFT, she takes the fear out of failure and offers up an inspiring collection of over 100 delicious bakes. In the first half of the book, Nicola breaks down the key elements and techniques with boundless enthusiasm and beautiful illustrations. Explore every how and why of baking and move forward with complete confidence - you'll never again wonder why your custard has curdled, why your sponge didn't rise, or why your panna cotta didn't set.



Nicola's recipes are divided into the time it takes to make a bake, ranging from gooey cookies and airy cakes that you can whip up in an afternoon to fabulous showstoppers that you can devote a weekend to. These include:



Bake in an afternoon:

• Roasted Strawberry Victoria Sponge


• Miso Walnut Double-Thick Chocolate-Chip Cookies


• Bread-and-Butter Pudding with Caramel Mandarins

• Salted Vanilla and Pistachio Layer Cake


• Fancy Rhubarb Tart


• Olive Oil Brie-oche with Roasted Grapes

• Mocha Passionfruit Opera Cake


• Pain au Chocola

Weight: 1276g
Dimension: 253 x 196 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529906226