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Baba au Rum

Baba au Rum:

- Rum Baba, Whipped Cream, Ron Matusalem 15 Year Aged Rum

I was craving a sweet bite today, and a Rum Baba did sound like a good option. I came up with this idea after looking at a picture by ulterior epicure shot at Paul Bocuse.

Before going into description of this plate: a little while ago I heard some pretty harsh, and equally unfair, in my opinion, words about how pathetic my food reproductions are, and how they are not likely to impress ( a certain individual). Although those words were largely based on arrogance and narcissism - they did hurt me. I want to use this picture and this dish to explain why I replicate various dishes from great chefs, photographed by different people in all corners of the world. I do it because I enjoy it - that is it. Some people paint, some play music, some make replicas of Lionel trains - neither group is doing it to impress one single person, but rather enjoy their hobbies for the sake of their skill and competition, and so do I. There is an added benefit to kitchen replicas - they are edible and most of the time very enjoyable, whereas one can't really drive a miniature replica of a classic car. LOL Well, I spoke my peace - now onto the Baba au Rum.

Baba dough was made with flour, sugar, salt, yeast, eggs and melted butter - the only unusual thing about the classic recipe is sugar/salt ratio in this dessert pastry ( 500 g flour, 20 g sugar, 10 g salt - for a second I thought it was a typo). I went with the original proportions - the amount of sugar in the poaching syrup did my pastry justice, as it tasted light and just sweet enough, with a great overtones of aged rum.
I served my Baba au Rum with a touch of whipped cream and butter-sugar-rum sauce - it really worked.

Taken on: November 22, 2009

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