Recipe for an incredible citrus baba! Ginger infused with a light bergamot cream.
A live special at Four Seasons Megève with their pastry chef Jonathan Chapuy who also makes the desserts for the starred restaurant La Dame de Pic le 1920 of Anne-Sophie Pic ⭐️.
The video recipe is just below the steps.
Baba dough (20 portions)
-360g T45 flour -3,5g fine salt -120g butter -19g baker’s yeast-19g honey-430g fresh whole eggs |
In a small bowl with the hook, put the flour, salt, butter and honey and chill for about 20 minutes. Put the dough in a bag and tie for 15 minutes. Poach at 40/42g, in flexipan big sphere, tap well to eliminate the air bubbles. Let cool on a wire rack, freeze through, then unmold and store. |
And prepare the gelatin mass for the recipe the day before (20g fish gelatin powder 200 Bloom mixed with 100g water). |
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Soaking syrup (20 servings)
-875g water |
Make a syrup by making a broth with all the elements. |
Lemon glaze (20 servings)
-150g neutral topping -15g lemon juice |
Heat topping slightly and add juice. Use warm with a brush to coat the baba. |
Bergamot cream semi-mounted (60g/portion, 20 servings)
-1100g of UHT cream |
Zest the bergamot and chop finely with a knife. Heat 10% of the cream with the sugar and gelatin and pour over the remaining ingredients. Set aside. Whip the cream to a frothy consistency. |
Centrifuged ginger juice (20 servings)
-350g ginger |
Strain the ginger in a centrifuge without peeling it, and sieve with a Tork paper to eliminate impurities. (500g/package under/empty) |
Citrus jelly and semi-confit peel tablets (20 servings, 30g/assembly)
Infusion : -420g water Jelly : Semi-confit zest: -200g sugar
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Infusion: Boil water, lemon juice and sugar. Add the zests with a peeler and infuse for 30 minutes. Strain and keep the zests! Jelly: Re-estimate the infusion and add the gelatin. Pour to 30g onto 6.5cm filmed circles garnished with 3 1⁄2 pomelo supremes, 3 1⁄2 orange supremes, 3 1⁄2 lime supremes, fine ginger brunoise and lemon caviar. Semi-frozen zest: Make a syrup and pour it over the poached citrus peels, strain on contact and let cool completely to room temperature. Then cut into pellets using 15 and 8 mm stainless steel tubes. Set aside in the syrup. For 1 portion: 3 orange pastilles 15mm, 3 lemon pastilles 15mm, 3 orange pastilles 8mm, 3 lemon pastilles 8mm |
Finishes (20 servings)
-1 box of Atsina cress
Presentation:
Place the citrus jelly in the center of a soup plate, place the baba decorated with candied citrus peel and Atsina cress sprouts on top. Serve with a bowl of semi-mature bergamot cream.
Click below to watch the recipe on video: