Pierre Herme: Chocolate

By Pierre Hermé

Renowned French pastry chef Pierre Herm displays his artistic mastery in this homage to chocolate through recipes that highlight the diversity of the world's favorite ingredient in all its forms. Nicknamed the "Picasso of Pastry" by Vogue magazine, master p tissier Pierre Herm has revolutionized traditional pastry-making. Insatiably creative, in this new volume Herm returns to his first passion--chocolate. Retracing his passionate love affair with the versatile cacao bean, this work reveals daring creations that display the celebrated pastry chef's signature innovative style, which has transformed the realm of p tisserie. It includes thirty-five recipes, from original combinations such as chocolate, banana, and ginger cake or chocolate and lemon madeleines to rich, iconic desserts like his Infiniment Chocolat Baba Cake, Infiniment Chocolat Macaron, or yuzu-flavored clair Azur. Following an intense, synergetic collaboration with photographer Sergio Coimbra, this unique book pays homage to the purity and simplicity of chocolate and its diverse forms and textures. Under Coimbra's lens, every facet of chocolate is captured in its essence, tempting the reader to enjoy the myriad delights that constitute Pierre Herm 's extraordinary chocolate repertoire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2080204548
• ISBN13: 9782080204547
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 6.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.7" x 13.9"

Customer Reviews

Chocolate Lovers

This is not only a chef's masterpiece but of a photographer's as well. By far, this is the most beautiful cookbook I've ever seen. I have almost all of Pierre's cookbooks as part of my collection.This version contains a mix of new recipes and some classics that he elevated to better versions. Recipes seem to be complicated but truly they're not once you embark on them. Odd thing though is that the recipe of the cover photo, Cerise sur le Gateau, is not in the book! But that's fine as it's got great, extra delicious ones. This book puts Chocolate on top of the line.