Description
Oh Là Là! by Yohan Ferrant is a comprehensive and beautifully structured guide for bakers who want to elevate their skills and create breads and viennoiseries with professional finesse.
Master baker and educator Yohan Ferrant brings together decades of expertise to reveal not only his signature recipes, but also the techniques and principles behind exceptional dough. With over 45 step-by-step recipes—including panettone, brioche, croissants, and nutritionally enriched loaves—this book is both a technical manual and a source of creative inspiration.
Across five well-organized sections, Oh Là Là! covers:
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The fundamentals of flour, salt, sourdough, and other key ingredients
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Bread-making processes such as kneading, shaping, proofing, and baking
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A collection of classic, specialty, and artistic bread recipes
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In-depth panettone making, featuring a guest contribution by Ezio Marinato
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Enriched and laminated doughs, from buttery brioches to vibrant viennoiseries
With clear explanations, practical insights, and elegant photography, Oh Là Là! is a must-have for serious bakers, pastry chefs, and anyone passionate about artisan bread.
CONTENT
1. AN OVERVIEW OF INGREDIENTS: Regarding wheat and flour, water, salt, yeasts, pre-ferments and sourdough
2. BREAD: Base temperature, kneading, rest periods of the dough, ball forming, scoring and baking
Commercial breads
- Baguette de tradition
- Baguette poolish
- Barra de cuarto
- Seed and cereal Pavé
- My campagne
- T80
Breads with added nutritional value
- Pain du mondial
- Monococum
- Gigantón rye bread
- Wholemeal
- Spelt t80
- Buckwheat seeds
- Buckwheat flour
Terroir and special breads
- Florencio aurora
- Rouge de bourdeaux
- Mélilot
- Senatore capelli ciabatta
- Negrillo
- Multigrain
Decorative breads
- Couronne bordelaise
- Star
- Moustache
- Bread 7
- Tabatière
3. PANETTONE
- Classic panetton
- Three-chocolate and blueberry panettone
4. BRIOCHE
- Jurassienne
- Nanterre
- High braid
- Crown
5. PUFF PASTRY DOUGH
- Crescent-shaped croissant
- David Bedu-style two-coloUr croissant
- Pain au chocolat
- Pain aux raisins
- Choco-Orange
- Flan parisien
- Lemon and orange nest
- Gianduja Cruffin
- Raspberry delight
- Dome
- Strawberry and yuzu flower
- Gourmand
- Love drop
- Tropic-Pineapple
- Galette des rois
• Language: English & Spanish
• Author(s): Yohan Ferrant
• 334 pages
• Published in 2022
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