Soaked savarin with Scottish raspberries
- Dessert
- Medium
- 6
- 60 minutes
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A savarin is a ring-shaped cake soaked in a sweet syrup, which is similar to a rum baba. In William Drabble's savarin recipe, the cake is finished with freshly whipped cream and fresh raspberries, making a lovely dessert from simple, summer ingredients.
Ingredients
Savarin
- 1 lemon , juiced and zested
- 10g of honey
- 5 eggs
- 8g of dried yeast
- 1 orange , juiced and zested
- 70g of unsalted butter
- 200g of flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 pinch of salt
- butter for greasing
Raspberries
- 400ml of water
- 200g of sugar
- 1 punnet of raspberries , dressed with a drizzle of lemon juice and olive oil
To serve
- 600ml of whipping cream, whipped into soft peaks
Equipment
- Piping bag 1-2cm nozzle
- 6 x 4inch (10cm) savarin moulds
Method
1
In a large, clean bowl, mix together the flour, butter, yeast, honey, salt, and the fruit juice and zest
- 200g of flour
- 70g of unsalted butter
- 8g of dried yeast
- 10g of honey
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
2
Crack the eggs into a separate bowl, and add to the flour mix one by one, beating all the while until you achieve a thin, shiny batter
- 5 eggs
3
Put the batter into a piping bag, and carefully pipe into the 6 greased, floured savarin moulds
- butter for greasing
4
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4. Leave the mould in a warm place and allow the batter to prove. It should double in size
5
Once the batter has doubled in size, put the mould into the oven and bake until the cake is golden brown
6
Once cooked, remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. When the cake has cooled to room temperature, remove the mould and leave the cake to cool further
7
Whilst the cake is cooling, make a syrup. In a clean pan, combine the sugar and water over a medium heat until all the sugar has dissolved. Continue to cook until the mix reduces down to a syrup texture
- 400ml of water
- 200g of sugar
8
Bring the syrup to the boil, and add the savarin to the pan. Re-boil then remove from the heat and leave to cool. Repeat this process with the remaining 5 savarins
9
When the syrup cools, remove the savarin and drain thoroughly. Place in the centre of a serving plate
10
Fill the hole with whipped cream and raspberries and serve immediately
- 600ml of whipping cream
- 1 punnet of raspberries
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