Popina Book of BakingPopina's founder, Isidora Popovic, shares more than 60 delicious recipes for artisan-style bakes in this tempting collection.
"Isidora has an extraordinary talent for flavour combining that transforms wholesome cakes, cookies and tarts into gourmet treats you can enjoy every day"
Jenni Muir 
Popina thrives on producing hand-made, organic, additive-free sweet and savoury bakes using the finest seasonal ingredients. A small team of chefs, including a former pastry chef from Le Caprice, bake their award-winning cakes, bakes and tarts from scratch every day. Popina Book of Baking offers novice bakers and seasoned cooks alike a unique opportunity to create Popina’s best-loved recipes in your own kitchen. Choose something from the Biscuits, Biscotti and Bites chapter and fill your home with the smell of freshly baked Ginger and Chilli Caramel Biscuits. Sweet Tarts provide ideas for desserts or afternoon bakes. Try a sticky Rustic Plum Tart to celebrate the season’s bounty of fruit. If Cakes and Muffins are what you most crave with your afternoon cup of tea, you must try Popina’s unique Chocolate Truffle Brownies – rich, dense and packed with dark chocolate – perfect for ardent chocoholics. Savoury Straws and Bites are the perfect accompaniment to a glass of wine. Here there are plenty of delicious ideas, from Stilton and Celery Bites to Spinach and Chilli Straws. And what better way to ring in the seasons and make the most of fresh produce than by baking a Savoury Tart. Fennel and Courgette Tart offers a taste of sunshine while Honey-roast Parsnip, Carrot and Shallot Tart is just the thing for winter entertaining.
"When I heard about Isidora’s idea for Popina it struck me she was launching into a crowded market. But then I tried some of her crackers and cheese straws and brownies and I realised that when you do something as exquisitely delicious as a Popina tart or biscuit or muffin you create a whole new market. And one that I could spend hours happily nibbling through."
William Sitwell
"I believe food should be a positive experience in sense that it's preparation should be a creative and time honoured process, no shortcuts and with your hart in there too! There is so much to be explored in terms of variety of flavours, textures, ingredients, seasons as well as good nutrition that contributes to this feeling of satisfaction, quality of living and real life value. I never buy processed food and like my mother and grand mother before her make most of the dishes from scratch. Time consuming but worth every effort!
I hope readers will be inspired with this too, I think my book offers pleasant journey of simple but tasty baking" Isidora Popovic Popina Book of Baking by Isidora Popovic with photographs by Peter Cassidy published by Ryland Peters & Small Photographer Peter Cassidy |
