Pâte à Baba (Baba Dough)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 500 grammes flour
- 300 grammes butter
- 7 eggs
- 20 grammes yeast
- 15 grammes salt
- 20 grammes sugar
- 1 décilitre lukewarm milk
- 100 grammes Corinth and Smyrna raisins
Instructions
- Work the dough exactly as for the Pâte à Savarin, using these proportions.
- Add the raisins at the end, at the same time as the sugar.
- Fill the moulds with the dough only to a third of their height.