num_pages: 224
description: After years spent traveling and sampling sweets throughout her native Mexico celebrated pastry chef Fany Gerson shares the secrets behind her beloved homelands signature desserts in this highly personal and authoritative cookbook. Skillfully weaving together the rich histories that inform the countrys diverse culinary traditions My Sweet Mexico is a delicious journey into the soul of the cuisine. From yeasted breads that scent the air with cinnamon anise sugar fruit and honey to pushcarts that brighten plazas with paletas and ice creams made from watermelon mango and avocado Mexican confections are like no other. Stalwarts like Churros Amaranth Alegras and Garibaldisa type of buttery muffin with apricot jam and sprinklesas well as Passion FruitMezcal Trifle and Cheesecake with Tamarind Sauce demonstrate the layering of flavors unique to the world of dulces. In her typical warm and enthusiastic style Gerson explains the significance of indigenous ingredients such as sweet maguey plants mesquite honeys fruits and cacao and the happy results that occur when combined with Spanish troves of cinnamon wheat fresh cows milk nuts and sugar cane. In chapters devoted to breads and pastries candies and confections frozen treats beverages and contemporary desserts Fany places cherished recipes in context and stays true to the roots that shaped each treat while ensuring theyll yield successful results in your kitchen. With its blend of beloved standards from across Mexico and inventive flavor-forward new twists My Sweet Mexico is the only guide you need to explore the delightful universe of Mexican treats.
language: English
title: My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats [A Baking Book]
publisher: Ten Speed Press