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St Tropez tart

This famous dessert from St Tropez is more of a cake than a tart. The sugar-sprinkled brioche layers are sandwiched together with a rich vanilla filling which is a mixture of confectioner's custard and whipped cream.

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Last modified on: September 11^th 2018

For 1 tart, you will need:

0 500 g Brioche dough
1 80 g Pearl sugar
2 20 g beaten egg
3 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
4 2 sheets gelatin
5 200 g Chantilly cream
Total weight: 1,104 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 9 min.	2 hours	25 min.	3 hours 34 min.

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Keeping:

1 or 2 hours in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 hours

Roll out 500 g Brioche dough into a flat cake the size of your tin or mould. (This one is 26 cm or 10 inches).

Cover with a plastic sheet and leave in a warm place to rest for 2 hours.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 370°F (190°C).

Glaze the top and sprinkle with coarse sugar grains (or crushed sugar cubes).

Stage 3 - 25 min.

Cook for about 25 minutes.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 4 - 25 min.

Prepare 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream). As soon as it is ready, mix in the 2 sheets gelatin.

Cover and leave to cool.

Stage 5 - 25 min.

Prepare 200 g Chantilly cream.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Tip the Chantilly into the cold confectioner's custard...

Stage 7 - 4 min.

...and incorporste gently by folding in with a soft spatula, leaning the pan over on its side.

Stop as soon as the cream is mixed in. This cream is light and delicate, so there is no need to overdo it.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Slice the brioche in half horizontally.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Spread the cream over the bottom layer (a forcing bag is very useful for this).

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Then place the second layer on top and press down gently. Tidy up the edges if any cream has been squeezed out.

Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Stage 11

Cut into portions and serve if possible after leaving at room temperature for around 30 minutes.

Remarks

The true St Tropez tart recipe is a closely guarded secret and patented, so the details are not known. We can only attempt to get close to it, as I have done in this version.

Apparently it was Brigitte Bardot who, during the filming of And God Created Woman, suggested the name "Tarte de St Tropez", but the pâtissier himself preferred "Tarte Tropézienne". [Translator's note: a not-so-subtle difference in French which is entirely lost in translation.].

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,880 Kcal or 12,058 Kj	549 gr	2,691 gr	1,271 gr
144 %	211 %	254 %	193 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
261 Kcal or 1,093 Kj	50 gr	244 gr	115 gr
13 %	19 %	23 %	17 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,880 Kcal or 12,058 Kj	549 gr	2,691 gr	1,271 gr
144 %	211 %	254 %	193 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 4.87 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Brioche dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche Tatin, Brioche royale, Morteau sausage rolled brioche, Nanterre brioche, 3-fruit brioche loaf, ... All
	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and lime meringue pie, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Saint Honoré cake, Pains briochés aux raisins, Millefeuille, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cranachan, Warm apple feuillantines, Peach Melba, Saint Honoré cake, Chouquettes, ... All
	Pearl sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Liège waffles, Brioche feuilletée (flaky brioche), Flaky brownie brioche, Benoîton, Mouna, ... All

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