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"Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts" is a fine
book of puddings, featuring over 100 of Gordon's recipes, illustrated
throughout with mouth-watering photographs. The book begins by dealing with
building blocks such as fruit coulis, purees and mousses, and then goes on to
deal with "stand alone" recipes - homely puddings and special occasion
desserts, such as the ethereal Thai Rice Pudding with Coconut and Lemon and the
heavenly Chocolate Mocha Tart. "Just Desserts" is also an excellent primer of
patisserie techniques, its explanations and illustrations of the standard
syrups, pastes, sponges and pastries of the restaurant kitchen being
particularly lucid. The mysteries of the mousse, the parfait, the bavarois and
the various manifestations of the meringue are also made wonderfully clear.
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