Rum baba with pineapple and mint – The Irish Times

Rum baba with pineapple and mint – The Irish Times

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A moist and boozy classic from 1800s Paris, inspired by the Eastern European ‘babka’

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  • mark-moriarty
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Ingredients

  • 50ml milk
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 x 7g sachet dried yeast
  • 180g plain flour
  • 25g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 50g butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • Some soft butter to grease the cupcake/muffin tray
  • 200ml water
  • 200ml brown rum
  • 200g light brown sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • ½ pineapple
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • Handful mint leaves, thinly sliced
  • 150ml cream
  • 30g icing sugar
  • Seeds from 1 vanilla pod, or 1 tbsp of vanilla bean paste
  • 100g apricot jam
  • 1 tsp brown rum

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