Baba
by Guillaume Mabilleau
pâte à baba
125g flour
2.5g salt
5g sugar
7.5g yeast
100g eggs
40g butter, melted
Procedure
1、Combine the flour, sugar , yeast and eggs in the bowl of a mixer fitter with a paddle and knead until the dough comes off the sides.
2、Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
3、Add the butter melted to 40℃ and mix to obtain a liquid dough.
4、Fill Φ3.5cm silicon hemisphere molds. Allow to duble their size and bake in a convection oven at 160℃ for 30 minutes.
syrup for the baba
800g water
500g sugar
200g passion fruit puree
1u vanilla bean
150g dark rum
Procedure
1、Combine the water, sugar, passion fruit puree and scraped vanilla bean and bring to a boil .
2、Add the rum and pour into a deep tray. Soak the babas in the syrup, cover with plastic wrap and store at 4℃ overnight.
3、The following moring, allow the pieces to drain off on a rack .Freeze.
Almond croustillant
120g butter
120g brown sugar
150g almond powder
120g flour
210g Zéphyr white couverture, 34% cocoa
Procedure
1、Combine all the ingredients except chocolate in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle and mix to a sandy texture.
2、Spread on silicone mat-lined trays and bake in a convection oven at 160℃ for 15 minutes.
3、While still hot, pour over the white chocolate and mix in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle to a liquid dough. Soak the baba and freeze.
Whipped vanilla cream
240g cream, 35% fat
1u vanilla bean
5g powdered gelatin 200 bloom
30g water for the gelatin
240g Zéphyr white couverture, 34% cocoa
515g cream, 35% fat
Procedure
1、Combine the cream and scraped vanilla and bring to a boil . Allow to infuse for 20 minutes and strain. Bring to a boil again and add the gelatin, previously hydrated in the cold water.
2、Add the chocolate and process with a handheld blender. Add the second measurement of cream and blend again. Store at 4℃ overnight.
3、Whip in the bowl ow a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment to the desired consistency. Pipe 60g of cream onto a plastic wrap square , place the soaked baba on top and seal creating a ball. Freeze.
Caramel mirror glaze
450g sugar
300g glucose
175g water
20g powdered gelatin, 200 bloom
120g water for the gelatin
1u vanilla bean
Procedure
1、Dry caramelize the sugar, deglaze with the glucose, water and scraped vanilla. Add the gelatin, previously hydrated in the cold water and process with a handheld blender.
2、Store at 4℃ overnight.
Montage
1、Melt the glaze to 30℃ and apply on the frozen balls.
2、Harmoniously garnish with a gold leave.