Learning patisserie techniques

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I'm quite an able cook, but have never really done patisserie. I'd like to learn. Does anyone have any great book recommendations for techniques and recipes?
Merci!

Yes I could, although I'm based in West Cornwall so most places are too far (altho I might check Rick Stein).

I think tho I'd prefer to learn at my own pace with a book. An indoor winter project

For French style patisserie techniques you could start with Patisserie by Michel Roux snr or Pastry by Richard Bertinet.
For a wider range try - Baking Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum

I find YouTube useful to explain the mechanics of the technique eg the right amount of sticking of the choux to the saucepan could never be explained in a book but easy to recognise when you see it happening.

Thanks!

Richard Bertinet has a cookery school in Bath if you can travel that far. I’ve done a few of his classes and enjoyed them all. His books are also good but great to learn the techniques in person.