BOOK REVIEW
PEPPERIDGE FARM EASY ENTERTAINING:
RECIPES FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
by Pepperidge Farm
(Meredith Books - 1995)
 This
out-of-print hardcover book is actually a revised and
enlarged version of a softcover book with the same title
that was published by The Campbell Soup Company. The
hardcover format makes for a sturdier, longer-lasting copy
in your cookbook library.
The recipes are designed for serving as family meals or
for entertaining your friends. Whatever the occasion,
the drudgery of making stuffing, puff pastry, and broths
from scratch is removed when you use Pepperidge Farm and
Campbell's convenience foods.
The recipes in the cookbook use many of the products that
fall under the Pepperidge Farm brand name: Pepperidge Farm
Crackers, Pepperidge Farm Croutons, Pepperidge Farm Frozen
Puff Pastry Sheets and Shells, Pepperidge Farm Gravies and
Pepperidge Farm Stuffing. Because the brand is owned
by The Campbell Soup Company, several of the Campbell
products are featured as recipe ingredients as well:
Campbell's Soups, Swanson Broths and Vlasic and Early
California Olives.
If
you've ever tried to make puff pastry from scratch then you
know how difficult and time consuming the process is.
Those of us who are not die-hard bakers are quite happy that
Pepperidge Farm provides a decent substitute with their
frozen puff pastry sheets and shells.
There are 21 recipes that use Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff
Pastry Sheets. Some of the recipes are Apple Strudel,
Chocolate Mousse Napoleons, Parmesan Crisps, Southern Pecan
Crisps and Spinach-Cheese Swirls.
There are 12 recipes that use Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff
Pastry Shells. Some of the recipes are Chicken Pot
Pie, Coffee Praline Puffs, Easy Lemon Chicken and Seafood au
Gratin. I was once served a fabulous dish for
Christmas morning breakfast: Shrimp Maximillion. You
could take the Easy Eggs Benedict recipe found here and add
a small can of shrimp to the Hollandaise Sauce for an easy,
but impressive breakfast or brunch dish.
There are 15 recipes which use the jars of Pepperidge
Farm Gravies, 5 that use Campbell's soups as an ingredient
and 12 that use Pepperidge Farm Stuffing.
The cookbook is illustrated with color photographs of the
finished dishes, and when necessary, small drawings that
demonstrate how to arrange and cut the puff pastry sheets.
All in all, this handy cookbook contains 60 delicious
recipes from appetizers to desserts with dozens of easy
pastry pointers.
Try a
recipe
from this book.
Buy this book: Pepperidge Farm
Easy Entertaining
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