Rum Baba - Passion Fruit, Mango, Vanilla
A delicately golden baba, soaked in a passion–Tahitensis vanilla syrup with Arhumatic rum. Beneath its vanilla meringue shell, a light coconut-rum cream embraces a vibrant mango–passion confit. A radiant, refined and intensely indulgent dessert.
Dessert Assembly
- Vanilla meringue shell
- Light coconut & Arhumatic rum cream
- Passion fruit, coriander & Tahitensis vanilla confit
- Baba soaked in Arhumatic syrup
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Light Coconut / Rum Cream
Ingredients
- 145 g coconut purée
- 3 g hydrated gelatine leaf
- 29 g Valrhona® Ivoire white chocolate
- 77 g mascarpone
- 145 g cold double cream (min. 30% fat)
- 14 g Passiflora Edulis (Passion-Vanilla) Arhumatic Rum
Method
- Hydrate the gelatine.
- Heat the coconut purée to 70–80°C.
- Add the gelatine.
- Pour over the white chocolate in 3 additions and emulsify.
- Add the rum and blend.
- Cover with cling film and cool to 28–30°C.
- Loosen the mascarpone, add the cold cream and whip to a soft consistency.
- Fold 1/3 into the ganache, then gently fold in the remainder.
Exotic Confit
Ingredients
- 30 g mango purée
- 50 g passion fruit purée
- 4 g fresh lime juice
- 8 g organic cane sugar
- 2 g NH pectin
- 2 g fresh ginger
- 1 g fresh coriander
- 1 g Coeur de Vanille Bouquet
Method
- Mix the sugar and pectin.
- Heat the purées and juice to 40°C.
- Add the sugar/pectin mixture.
- Bring to the boil for 1 minute.
- Add the ginger, coriander and vanilla.
- Blend lightly.
- Cool rapidly and transfer to a piping bag.
French Meringue Shell
Ingredients
- 100 g egg whites
- 200 g caster sugar (in 2 additions)
- 0.5 g vanilla pearls
Method
- Whip the egg whites.
- Gradually add the first half of the sugar.
- Stiffen with the remaining sugar and vanilla.
- Pipe into a nest shape.
- Bake at 90°C for 1½ to 2 hours.
- Allow to dry completely.
Baba Dough
Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour
- 5 g salt
- 9 g sugar
- 10 g fresh baker’s yeast
- 125 g fresh eggs
- 60 g butter
- 50 g cold water
Method
- Mix the flour, sugar and salt.
- Dissolve the yeast in the water.
- Add the eggs gradually.
- Incorporate the yeast mixture.
- Add softened butter.
- Divide into 20 g portions.
- Prove for 1 hour.
- Bake at 170°C for approx. 15 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Passion / Vanilla / Arhumatic Rum Syrup
Ingredients
- 200 g sugar
- 250 g water
- 50 g Passiflora Edulis (Passion-Vanilla) rum
- 1 Tahitensis vanilla pod
- 25 g passion fruit juice
Method
- Bring the water, sugar and vanilla to the boil.
- Add the passion juice.
- Remove from the heat and add the rum.
- Keep warm for soaking.
Final Assembly
- Pour 150 ml coconut purée in the centre of the plate.
- Spread into an even circle.
- Place a 12 cm fresh mango slice on top.
- Position the soaked baba in the centre.
- Pipe the exotic confit.
- Pipe the coconut-rum cream.
- Smooth if necessary.
- Decorate with mango julienne, coconut pieces, coriander, lime zest and grated pink peppercorns.
*Alcohol should be consumed responsibly. For adults only.