Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds

Paul Hollywood is now famous from the Great British bake off as a judge in the UK. I thought I would try his baking books as have seen him on the TV and this book is very good. Excellent dishes, savoury,sweet, classics. The kindle version has all the recipes with detailed pictures step by step for a lot of the recipes. Very easy to follow. If you fancy something to cook/bake you can just look through this book and find something for the time you have and type of dish you wanted. Obviously with the kindle you can bookmark the recipes you want or have already tried. As this kindle version was very good I have got another kindle version of his British baking books, The kindle price is good and worth trying to see what inspiration you will have to start baking.I have also bought the book as a gift and the hard backed version is very nice, good size and well illustrated.

Be reminded everything is measured in grams rather then cups and conversions do not mean accuracy. I bought a gram weight Scale. Allalso different flours then are used in america. I use gluten free flours, so get a different pastry outcome, however the fillings can be used. I specifically wanted the hot water pastry and fillings. I was still happy with my game pies but wow....super rich using both butter and lard in the pastry. I bought masterclass game pie molds. They came out impressive. I made too thick even tho it didnt seem like it but it totally held up taking out of mold!I didn't know puds were puddings and not too interested In those.It is fun baking differently then american way. GREAT photos on each step. Worth having. And i love Mr. Hollywood. 😁

We saw the program in TV and some of the recipes he made were awesome. The book arrived and it contains most of what he baked in the program. I can’t wait to bake some of the delicious pies and puds from his book.

Pictures and instructions were good.I was familiar with many of the dishes as I hail from the UK. Nice to see Cumberland Rum Nicky - always a favorite of mine growing up. If you have never eaten Sticky Toffee pudding, give it a go. My (adult) kids still ask for it all the time. Aiming to make the Hazelnut meringue roulade today!

It just arrived yesterday, so I can only speak on looks as I haven't tried any of the recipes.Looks great - I can't wait to dig into some of these recipes.I caught a couple of episodes, on youtube, of the series that is companion to this book and they put the hook in me to buy this.So far, I've baked quite a few of Paul's recipes from his "How to Bake" and the GBBO tie in book "Great British Bake Off: Everyday" and have been very happy with the results. I expect the recipes in this book to be no different. The extra tips and diagrams are always appreciated.I see many reviews mention that its not user friendly with regards to the weights/measurements. It is really quite simple. If you want to make European recipes, you simply must buy a scale. Odds are your liquid measuring cup has metric already and your measuring spoons are fine. Don't do a conversion of guessing how many cups of flour equal 175 grams. If you are serious about baking, be exact. Write down (in the book if you like) a simple C to F degree chart for the standard cooking temps and you are set.I now cringe when recipes have volume measurements for dry ingredients. So nice to sift my flour into a bowl on the scale and have it exactly what I need.Some ingredient names may throw off American bakers, but google is very helpful at pointing you in the direction of an item's "American" name or a usable substitute if not available.

The recipes are very well presented and accompanied by photo illustrations of key techniques. As an American who occasionally resides in Britain each year, I have come to appreciate truly authentic British dishes. Paul’s book has enabled me to easily recreate many of these classic sweet and savory favorites through easy step-by-step instructions. He has some videos on YouTube that you might also want to check out too.

This book is full of amazing recipes, tips, knowledge, and the best part may be all the pictures of Hollywood making the pies. As an American I will be skipping over half of the recipes, but there are a handful that I can't wait to make.

Excellent cookbook with extensive directions including photos on how to prepare the recipes. I would recommend this cookbook to those who enjoy a new cooking challenge.