Savarin some kind of rum baba – moist yeast dessert, saturated in sweet syrup or light alcohol. I found this recipe in one Ukrainian culinary magazine, in this variation savarins saturated in a ginger and lemon syrup, topped with whipped cream, different fruits and berries. Every bite of this small cakes is like a pice of heaven!

Ginger & Lemon Syrup Savarins

By voloshyna, December 25, 2012

Ingredients:

• For the batter: -
• bread flour - 1 cup
• salt - 1/4 tbsp
• sugar - 2 tbsp
• dry yeast - 1 tsp
• lemon zest - 1 tbsp
• eggs - 2
• melted butter - 1/4 cup
• warm milk - 3 tbsp
• For the syrup: -
• water - 3/4 cup
• lemon juice - squeezed from 1 lemon
• granulated sugar - 1 cup
• finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp
• For the topping: -
• heavy whipping cream - 1 1/4 cup
• vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• confectioners sugar - to taste
• berries and fruits - of your choice

Instructions:

Mix the flour, sugar and yeast in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Mix the milk, melted butter and eggs, then pour in and beat well to make a thick, sticky batter. from this amount of batter you can get 1 big savarin or 4-6 small, depends on sizes of your molds. Fill the savarin molds 1/2  with a batter; cover with a towel and leave in a warm place for 30-45 minutes or until it's doubled. Preheat oven to 400 F. Bake the savarins for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown. Let them cool in their rings 3-4 min, then turn them out. To prepare the syrup, place all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Dip the savarins in the syrup then place them in a rectangular pan and drizzle more syrup over them. Cover and let them soak overnight. Add more syrup the next day if they'll absorb it. When you decided to to make a filling for your savarin rings, just whip cream with a sugar and vanilla extract until stiff peaks. Filled savarins with a homemade whipped cream and top it off with fruits and berries.

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I would like to say thank you for this tasty recipe to my friend and amazing chef Hannah, she inspires me for new cooking adventures! By the way, recently I’ve got a very special present from my husband – a KitchenAid Stand Mixer. I dreamed about this gadget for a long time and finally I have it on my kitchen! So, this garlic buns was a first try to make a dough with my brand new mixer and the job was done perfectly. With this super powerful tool cooking became 100 times easier and I’m absolutely happy with it. Now I’ll bake something yummy more often, so wait for the new bread and pizza recipes.

Garlic buns

By voloshyna, December 4, 2012

Ingredients:

• For the dough: -
• bread flour - 3 cups
• warm milk - 3/4 cup
• warm water - 1/4 cup
• salt - 1 tsp
• granulated sugar - 2 tbsp
• butter - 2 tbsp
• instant yeast - 1 tbsp
• For the garlic butter: -
• soft unsalted butter (room temperature) - 1/4 cup
• minced garlic - 5 cloves
• dried parsley or dried oregano - 1 tbsp

Instructions:

This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=74Z_1U7T2A4# will be useful for you, watch it before you start to cook! First of all dissolve sugar in the mixture of warm milk and water. Then add instant yeast and  lightly stir with a plastic spoon, let stand for about 10 min.  In a bowl, mix flour, salt, butter and yeast mixture. Kneading until you get smooth and elastic dough. Add water/flour if necessary. Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size. When the dough has doubled, take it out and punch down to release all the bubble. Then let it rest for 5 min. Dividing the dough into 7 equal pieces. Let them rest for 2 min. Use a roller to flatten each piece of dough into oval shape. Roll it up into a long log shape. Cover all the shaped dough, put in warm place and let rest for another 15 min. In a small bowl mix together all the ingredients for the garlic butter. Using a very sharp knife, make a long cut on the surface, along the dough and about 0.2 inches in depth. Pipe the butter topping into the cut line. Bake at 375F in 15-20 min.