Art in Pastry: The Delicate Art of Pastry Decoration: Recipes and Ideas for Extraordinary Pies and Tarts - Hardcover

by Julie Jones (Author)

This groundbreaking book is where pastry meets art. Recipes and designs for stunningly beautiful sweet and savory pies and tarts encourage you to unleash your creativity in the kitchen

Julie Jones, Instagram influencer and author of Soulful Baker and The Pastry School conducts online work-shops for pastry decorating and this is the book that her followers have been crying out for.

A collection of basic sweet, shortcrust and hot water pastry recipes at the start of the book can each be used for a variety of pies and tarts and with a wide range of fillings, both sweet and savory.

Chapters on Fruit, Meat & Fish, Vegetables, Sweet Dairy and Cheese include 40 recipes that can all be adapted to variety of decorative approaches. The recipes suit small and large rounds and small and large squares, according to how many people you're planning to serve for. In total there are more than a hundred decorative pies and tarts to feast your eyes on. Recipes include a linear fruit pie, a cheese lattice pie, a pumpkin baked pastry tile pie and a carrot and courgette flower pie. Every chapter includes exquisite photography by Andrew Montgomery of both the food and the inspiration behind it.

Author Biography

Julie Jones is a trained chef with a devoted Instagram following. In 2018 she won the Observer Food Monthly Best Instagram Feed and Waitrose Food Magazine has named her as one of the UK's most influential bakers. She is an inspirational force in the kitchen and her supper clubs sell out months in advance. She lives in Cumbria, UK and her previous books are Soulful Baker and The Pastry School, which was featured in Martha Stewart magazine in the US and also appeared at the Pastry Arts Magazine Baking Summit in 2020.