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For the dough
• 80g sultanas
• 250g strong plain white flour
• 3g sea salt
• 10g caster sugar
• 15g fresh yeast
• 65ml lukewarm full-fat milk
• 4 small free-range eggs, beaten
• 120g unsalted butter, melted#40g softened unsalted butter, for greasing
• 50ml Dark Navy rum, for soaking
For the rum baba syrup and raisins
• 1 litre water
• 600g caster sugar
• 500ml Dark Navy rum
• 200g raisins moelleux or large gold raisins
For the apricot glaze
• 200g apricot jam
• 4 teaspoons water
For the creme chantilly
• 200ml chilled whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons creme fraiche
• 20g icing sugar
• 1 vanilla pod, split in half lengthwise and seeds scraped out
For the dough:-
1. Put the sultanans into a bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to soak for 1 hour,
then drain.
2. Sift flour into the bowl of a small electric stand mixer fitted with a dough hook
attachment and turn on to the lowest speed.
3. Add the salt and the caster sugar.
4. Dissolve
the yeast in the milk and then add this to the flour mixture.
5. Turn up the speed
on the mixer a little, add the eggs and mix until the dough comes
together.
6. Slowly
add the melted butter until the dough tightens and all the butter is incorporated.
7. Finally, add the soaked sultanas and mix for 1 minute.
9. Transfer the dough to a
clean bowl, cover with cling film and leave at room temperature
until doubled
in size.
10. Return to the mixer and mix on a high speed for 2 minutes to knock the
dough back.
11. Put the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large plain nozzle.
12. Lightly
grease 8 dariole moulds (each about 5.5cm x 5cm) with softened butter and dust
each one with a little flour.
13. Pipe some dough into each mould, filling half full
(cutting the dough with a pair of
scissors to finish each one).
14. Cover with cling
film and leave in a warm place again until doubled in size.
15. Bake in an oven
preheated to 220°C/Gas Mark 7 for about 5 minutes, then reduce
the temperature
to 200˚C/Gas Mark 6 and cook for 12–15 minutes longer, until
golden brown.
16. Remove from the oven, turn out on to a wire rack and leave to cool.
For the
syrup and raisins:-
1. Put the water, caster sugar and rum in a pan and bring to
the boil, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from the heat and then pour enough syrup
over the raisins just to cover them.
Cover with cling film and leave to cool.
3. Put
the baked babas in the rest of the hot syrup, leaving them to absorb it until they
swell and are completely moist throughout.
4. With
a slotted spoon, carefully remove the soaked babas to a wire rack and leave
to
drain.
5. Pour the remaining 50ml rum evenly over the babas.
For the glaze:-
1. Put
the apricot jam in a pan with the water and boil until smooth and thick.
2. Strain
through a sieve, then brush over the babas to form a shiny glaze.
For the crème
chantilly:-
1. Whip the cream, crème fraîche, icing sugar and vanilla seeds
together in a bowl
until stiff.
2. Put the rum babas on 8 serving plates and add a
spoonful of the crème chantilly and a
spoonful of raisins to each.
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