Modern Asian Baking at Home Essential Sweet and Savory Recipes for Milk Bread, Mochi, Mooncakes, and More; Inspired by the Subtle Asian Baking Community

by Lieu, Kat

• ISBN13: 9780760374283
• ISBN10: 0760374287
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-07-26
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

From the Subtle Asian Baking community comes Modern Asian Baking at Home, must-have recipes for beloved sweet and savory treats found across Asia.

*Winner of the 2023 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Food Culture in the First Book category*
*Author Kat Lieu was a finalist for the 2023 IACP Digital Media Award for her Instagram account @subtleasian.baking*

Explore new ingredients, surprising techniques, and fun textures through lush photography and rewarding recipes that include exciting yet familiar contemporary bakes with innovative Asian twists. The results are unforgettable delights like miso-mochi brownies and spicy gochujang flourless chocolate cake. There’s even a recipe for homemade boba!

This is the perfect cookbook for anyone nostalgic for Asian desserts as well as hobbyist and avid home bakers interested in using vibrant ingredients like miso, matcha, pandan, and soy sauce to expand their repertoires. No passport is needed when you can easily create and experience popular Asian sweets and one-of-a-kind Asian-influenced drinks, custards, cakes, and frozen treats at home.

Recipes include:
 

• Quick Microwave Mochi
• Fluffy Japanese Pancakes
• Lemony Matcha Macarons
• Tangzhong Milk Bread
• Vietnamese Egg Dalgona Coffee

Steam, fry, boil, and bake your way through this straight-from-the-heart collection of recipes!

This book is #veryasian

Author Biography

Kat Lieu is a doctor of physical therapy by day and an avid home baker by night. Originally from New York, she now calls Washington state her home. Lieu is the founder of a popular online baking group called Subtle Asian Baking (SAB). She is known for the Japanese and Basque cheesecake recipes published on her blog, philandmama.com, and Instagram, @subtleasian.baking. 

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Introduction                                                                                                                           
Tools and Equipment                                                                                                             
The Asian Pantry and Ingredients                                                                
 
RECIPES
 
BASICS AND CONFECTIONS                                                                                                                       
Recipe #1: Quick Microwave Mochi                                                                
Recipe #2: Fluffy Japanese Souffle Pancakes  
Recipe #3: Greatest Ube Halaya Jam 
Recipe #4: Night Market Scallion Pancakes 
Recipe #5: DIY Boba Two Ways
Recipe #6: Pillowy Steamed Bun
Recipe #7: Satisfying Korean Egg Bread
Recipe #8: Eggless Mochi Cheese Puffs 
Recipe #9:  Dorayaki Pancakes with Anko Paste  
Recipe #10: Tanghulu Candied Fruits  
Recipe #11: Chewy Taiwanese Snowflake Crisps 
Recipe #12: Rich and Velvety Nama Chocolates
Recipe #13: Hamani Dango with Soy Sauce Glaze 
 
SAB’S FAVORITE COOKIES AND PASTRIES
Recipe #14: Monster Matcha Miso Cookies  
Recipe #15: Beautiful Ube Butter Mochi 
Recipe #16: Black Sesame Neapolitan Sugar Cookies
Recipe #17: Berry Matcha Cream Bars  
Recipe #18: Lemony Matcha Macarons
Recipe #19: Gooey Fudgy Miso Mochi Brownies
Recipe #20: Butterfly Pea Flower Shortbread 
Recipe #21: Mochi Pon de Ring Donuts
Recipe #22: Black Sesame Mochi Beignets 
Recipe #23: Soft Crumb Ube White Chocolate Scones 
Recipe #24: Tangzhong Milk Bread Five-Spice and Cinnamon Buns 
Recipe #25:  Brazos de Mercedes Meringue Swirls  

AIRY AND NOT TOO SWEET CAKES
Recipe #26: Spicy Gochujang Flourless Chocolate Cake
Recipe #27: Dreamy Matcha Basque Cheesecake
Recipe #28: Cottony Japanese Cheesecake
Recipe #29: Tri-color Japanese-Style Matcha Cheesecake 
Recipe #30: Pandan Chiffon Cake
Recipe #31: Chinese Bakery Swiss Roll Cake
Recipe #32: Crème Brûlée Mille Crepe Cake
Recipe #33: Pillowy Taiwanese Castella Cake
Recipe #34: Honeycomb Cake
Recipe #35 Asian Bakery Fresh Cream Cake

BREAD AND YEAST BAKES 
Recipe #36:  Super Easy Milk Bread
Recipe #37:  Vegan Blueberry Milk Bread Pull-Apart Buns 
Recipe #38:  Pineapple Buns 
Recipe #39:  Coconut Cream Buns  
Recipe #40:  Butter Basil Sourdough Naan 
Recipe #41: Japanese Curry Bread  
Recipe #42:  Korean Garlicky Cream Cheese Milk Bread Buns  
Recipe #43:  Miso Garlic Milk Bread Buns  
Recipe #44:  No-Knead Miso Focaccia 
 
TREATS UNDER ONE MOON: HOLIDAY BAKES
Recipe #45: Hong Kong-Style Egg Tart
Recipe #46: SAB Bake-Off Summer Fruit Tart 
Recipe #47: Hidden Surprise Jade Madeleines 
Recipe #48: Heartwarming Matcha Lava Tangyuan
Recipe #49: Snowy Skin Mooncake 
Recipe #50:  Lunar New Year Nian Gao
Recipe #51:  Ube Mochi Stuffed Crinkle Cookies
Recipe #52:  Matcha Holiday Wreath Butter Cookies 
Recipe #53:  Buttery Lunar New Year Almond Cookie 
Recipe #54: Mochi Waffle Holiday Tree 

CUSTARDS AND FROZEN
Recipe #55: Silky Black Sesame Panna Cotta 
Recipe #56: No-Churn Corn and Cheese Ice Cream
Recipe #57: Simply Perfect Purin 
Recipe #58: Baked Sweet Potato Freezies
Recipe #59: Magical Ginger Milk Curd 
Recipe #60: Street Foods Mango Sticky Rice
Recipe #61: Mochi Boba Milk Tea Popsicles 
Recipe #62: Effortless Matcha Chia Pudding
 
DRINKS
Recipe #63: Comforting Black Sesame Soup  
Recipe #64: Suraj’s Lemongrass Chai Tea Latte 
Recipe #65: Vietnamese Egg Dalgona Coffee 
Recipe #66: SAB Pink Drink  
Recipe #67: Homemade Soy Milk 
Recipe #68: Mango Lassi with Sago
 
Online Suppliers and Additional Resources 
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index