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Coconut sweetcrust pastry

You might already be familiar with sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) which contains a small amount of ground almonds. This is the coconut version, made with dessicated coconut, ideal for tarts with a more exotic flavour.

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Last modified on: October 25^th 2020

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For 1 kg 200 g, you will need:

1 500 g flour
2 350 g butter
3 2 eggs
4 100 g caster sugar
5 5 g fine (or table) salt
6 150 g dessicated coconut
Total weight: 1,205 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
13 min.	13 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 500 g flour, 350 g butter, 2 eggs, 100 g caster sugar, 5 g fine (or table) salt and 150 g dessicated coconut.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Knead until evenly mixed (2 or 3 minutes).

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Weigh out into lumps of about 12 oz (350 g) and form into flat "cakes". Wrap carefully in plastic film.

Stage 4

This dough freezes very well. If you are planning on freezing, do remember to label it.

Remarks

For an even more exotic touch, use brown sugar instead of white.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film. Freezes very well.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,092 Kcal or 21,319 Kj	67 gr	498 gr	315 gr
255 %	26 %	47 %	48 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
423 Kcal or 1,771 Kj	6 gr	41 gr	26 gr
21 %	2 %	4 %	4 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 200 g : 4.14 €

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	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Canadian apple crumble, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Sandwich bread, Jam doughnuts, Hazelnut and orange cake, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Moelleux" cake batter, Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Kouign-amann brioche, Beurre blanc sauce, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, ... All
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut pyramids, Coconut paste, Coconut "croute à thé", Coconut tuiles, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Strudel, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Invisible apple cake, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Brioche dough, ... All

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