Rum babas with poached pineapple & vanilla ice cream recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 75ml milk
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 3 tsp dried yeast
• 175g plain flour plus extra for dusting
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• 50g butter melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing
• 4 star anise
• 4 bay leaves
• 20 coriander seeds
• 500g caster sugar
• 1 small pineapple peeled, sliced into rings and cored
• 250ml golden rum plus extra for serving
• 50g butter (optional)
• black pepper (optional)
• 400ml double cream
• 50g icing sugar
• 1 vanilla pod seeds only