1- Mix the flour with the yeast, salt and sugar.
Using a robot whisk lightly beat the eggs with the milk and mix with the dry ingredients.
knead lightly until you obtain a smooth dough, incorporate the tablespoons of citron marmalade.
2- Add the softened butter and knead to obtain a shiny and elastic dough.
cover the bowl and let rise in a warm place for at least 30 to 40 minutes.
3- Work the dough again for 2 minutes and place it in the savarin mold previously buttered.
leave in a warm place covered for 1 hour, the dough should then have doubled in volume.
4- Peel the clementines to the quick and extract the segments, reserve them in their juice.
5- Prepare the syrup by bringing to a boil 20cl of water with the sugar, the zest of the bergamot and
its juice. Off the heat add the vanilla pod split in two and scraped.
6- Preheat the oven to 200°(th6+), cook the baba in the middle of the oven for approximately 35 minutes. unmold it immediately onto a plate and pour the syrup while still hot over it, basting it until the syrup is completely absorbed.
Serve cold accompanied by clementine segments in the middle of the cake.
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