Product Description

Since 1992 Russell Jeavons has owned and cooked at a unique restaurant in an old cottage in one of South Australia's prized wine districts. It is famous for the fact that it only opens on one night of the week, on a Friday night but is famous most of all for its fresh, simple food cooked entirely in Russell's wood-fired brick ovens. His pizzas are renowned throughout Australia and their toppings drip with fine regional ingredients which are combined on classic, thin, wood-oven cooked bases. Huge trestle tables in the outdoor shed comfortably house large groups, while the cosy cottage caters to smaller parties. It's the kind of place where friends and family gather to eat within site of the visible kitchen; where the garden is equipped with warming braziers and outdoor fire pits for chatting and munching around. The first part of the book is a step-by-step guide that takes you through the stages of building an oven, from choosing the site to firing up for your first bake. Part 2 explains how to cook in the oven with invaluable tips for brick oven cooks and includes recipes for sour dough bread, pizza, dukkah, traditional English roasts and some of Russell's famous desserts. Not every household can accommodate a brick oven in their garden but its something many keen home cooks aspire to. Buy this book and dream or buy this book and build one.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29651 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Brick Oven
This is a great book if you are thinking of building a brick oven. I used it more for reference, but it inspired me in to building my own outside brick oven

Brick Oven Book
I think this is a basic book, it gives you a good idea of the way ahead but misses allot of detail. If you are a handy diy'er or have enough cash to pay someone to do a brick oven then i guess what more do you need. But i personally would have liked more options on oven styles and building.

Happy with my purchase has given me enough information to make the decision that i'm going ahead with the project.