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S1 E40 Focaccia

Food & Cooking

ALL

22m

29 Aug 2012

Focaccia is traditional flat-style Italian bread that can be prepared sweet or savoury.

Season 1, 40 Episodes

Bake With Anna Olson - Pâte Sablée

In this episode, Anna shows viewers the basics on working with a standard in a baker’s kitchen, tender tart dough, more commonly referred to in the baking world as pâte sablée.

Bake With Anna Olson - Chiffon Cake

Light and airy, chiffon cakes combine the richness of a butter cake with the light spring of a sponge cake and they are the foundation for many favorite desserts.

Bake With Anna Olson - Puff Pastry

Puff pastry is a key element in any French bakery and in this episode, Anna teaches viewers everything they need to know about puff pastry

Bake With Anna Olson - Cupcakes

Cupcakes are a pop culture phenomenon with countless bakeries devoted to them. Anna teaches viewers how to make a variety of styles and flavours, everything from simple vanilla to decadent edible works of cupcake art.

Bake With Anna Olson - Crème Brûlée

Crème Brûlée,

Crème brûlée is a classic bistro dish of smooth custard with a caramelized sugar topping—an important dessert for pastry chefs to master.

Bake With Anna Olson - Pie Dough

There are few things more rewarding than a freshly baked pie. In this episode Anna shares her secrets and techniques to making the perfect pie dough

Bake With Anna Olson - Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake,

Chocolate cake is a favourite dessert for both young and old and an essential element in any bakery

Bake With Anna Olson - French Meringue

French Meringue,

In this episode Anna shares her secrets for making perfect French meringues.

Bake With Anna Olson - Pastry Cream

Anna knows that all great pastry chefs have a recipe for pastry cream in their repertoire and, in this episode, she shows how to perfect this thick, rich custard filling to create delicious, versatile and delicate cakes and pastries.

Bake With Anna Olson - Choux Paste (Cream Puff Dough)

Choux Paste (Cream Puff Dough),

Choux Paste, also known as pâte a choux or cream puff dough, is a wonderful airy pastry that can be used in countless ways to prepare cream-filled desserts.

Bake With Anna Olson - Croissant Dough

Croissant Dough,

Croissants have long been staples of French bakeries and patisseries but home cooks can make them too. In this episode, Anna gives a lesson on to how to bake them like a pastry chef.

Bake With Anna Olson - Jelly Roll Cake

Jelly Roll Cake,

Jelly roll cakes range from straightforward tea time sweets to elaborate decadent desserts. They are fundamentally thin sponge cakes that are filled and rolled.

Bake With Anna Olson - Cheesecake

Anna knows that a great cheesecake is a restaurant favorite, and in this episode she shares her secrets for creating this delicious smooth and rich dessert.

Bake With Anna Olson - Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate Ganache,

Chocolate Ganache—sounds fancy, doesn’t it? It’s simply a mixture of chocolate and cream and it’s delicious! Ganache is used as a base for truffles and a fillings for tarts, cookies and cakes.

Bake With Anna Olson - Lady Fingers

Part cake, part cookie, ladyfingers are extremely versatile in the pastry kitchen.

Bake With Anna Olson - Sandwich Cookies

Sandwich Cookies,

A sandwich cookie is a cookie with a surprise—something delicious waiting in the middle. Anna bakes an assortment of sandwich cookies in this episode and shares some of her trade secrets.

Bake With Anna Olson - Squares

Squares are so versatile with a flavour to suit every taste. In this episode, Anna shares her secrets on how to make her favourites.

Bake With Anna Olson - Chocolate Pastry

Chocolate Pastry,

Chocolate pastry is a buttery, rich and crispy base that is fundamental in a professional kitchen and an important element for the home cook too.

Bake With Anna Olson - Shortcake

Part biscuit and part cake, shortcake is both casual and elegant and traditionally served split in half, filled and topped with fresh fruit and sweet cream. In this episode Anna shares her favorite shortcake desserts featuring strawberries.

Bake With Anna Olson - Strudel

Strudel is a buttery pastry that is a bakery staple; layer upon layer of flaky goodness wrapped around a delicious filling.

Bake With Anna Olson - Pound Cake

Pound cakes are wonderfully rich, moist and buttery with a lovely golden brown crust. In this episode of Bake with Anna Olson Anna starts with a favorite, Classic Lemon Pound Cake.

Bake With Anna Olson - Steamed Puddings

Steamed Puddings,

Steamed puddings are restaurant favorites and Anna shows viewers how to make them at home like a pro.

Bake With Anna Olson - Brioche

Brioche is a traditional French pastry. Anna begins showing viewers how to make a Classic Brioche. It is slightly sweet, buttery and bread-like—and is perfect for breakfast or brunch.

Bake With Anna Olson - Upside Down Cake

Upside Down Cake,

An upside down cake is a single-layer cake baked with gooey-sweet fruit at the bottom. Then it’s flipped and served with that delicious fruit side up. Anna starts with the classic favourite: Pineapple Upside Down Cake.

Bake With Anna Olson - Nut Cakes

Nut cakes range from easy little cakes to elaborate grand tortes. In this episode, Anna shows viewers how to make a few cakes that she’s just nuts about, desserts where nuts feature prominently in the recipe.

Bake With Anna Olson - Flourless Pies & Tarts

Flourless Pies & Tarts,

Flourless pies and tarts are gluten-free desserts made without conventional wheat flour.

Bake With Anna Olson - Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread Cookies,

Mmm, shortbread, an old-fashioned style of cookie that’s buttery, rich and crumbly—perfect with a cup of hot tea or a glass of cold milk.

Bake With Anna Olson - Sticky Buns

Sticky buns are a bakery staple, made from yeast dough and baked with sweet, sticky ingredients. Starting with Classic Cinnamon Sticky Buns, Anna shares her trade secrets on baking the perfect bun.

Bake With Anna Olson - Scones & Biscuits

Scones & Biscuits,

Part bread and part pastry, scones and biscuits are delicious treats that are prominently featured in almost every bakery.

Bake With Anna Olson - Fruit Pies

here are few things more comforting to the senses than a warm slice of freshly baked pie.

Bake With Anna Olson - Rolls & Buns

Rolls and buns are small little breads that are more decorative than a slice of loaf bread and come in countless styles and flavours.

Bake With Anna Olson - Gingerbread

Gingerbread is a scrumptious treat that has been baked for centuries.

Bake With Anna Olson - Doughnuts

Doughnuts are easy to find at doughnuts shops all over town, but they are also simple to make at home, and there is nothing as tasty as a homemade doughnut.

Bake With Anna Olson - Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Mousse,

There are few desserts as rich and delicious as chocolate mousse, whether enjoyed as a cake or tart filling, or served as its own dessert.

Bake With Anna Olson - Coffee Cakes

Coffee cake—there is nothing more relaxing than sitting in a cozy chair with mug of hot coffee and a delicious yet easy cake to go alongside.

Bake With Anna Olson - Lemon Curd

Fresh and sweet, creamy yet tart, lemon curd is a spread, a filling and a topping and is a staple in every pastry chef’s repertoire.

Bake With Anna Olson - Drop Cookies

Who can resist these tasty treats served with an ice-cold glass of milk? In this episode of Bake with Anna Olson, Anna presents different recipes and creates a variety of drop cookies and drop cookie-inspired desserts, popular with kids and grown-up kids!

Bake With Anna Olson - Veggie Cakes

Anna prepares a variety of cakes made with vegetables. Sweet, delicious and healthy, each has a unique texture and taste.

Bake With Anna Olson - Candied Citrus Peel

Candied Citrus Peel,

Candied Orange Peel is delicious and versatile. Pastry chefs make it as a treat on its own, and to add a sweet, delicate citrus accent to a number of desserts.

Bake With Anna Olson - Focaccia

Focaccia is traditional flat-style Italian bread that can be prepared sweet or savoury.

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Bake With Anna Olson

Food & Cooking

All

4 Seasons

22m

Celebrity chef Anna Olson showcases her baking mastery in the new season of Bake. Each episode takes viewers on a delicious learning curve starting with the baking basics all the way up to master-class level recipes.

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