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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 400 g, you will need:

1 167 g flour
2 117 g butter
3 1 Egg
4 33 g caster sugar
5 2 g fine (or table) salt
6 50 g dessicated coconut
Total weight: 402 grams

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How long will 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: 167 g flour, 117 g butter, 1 Egg, 33 g caster sugar, 2 g fine (or table) salt and 50 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
1,700 Kcal or 7,118 Kj	22 gr	166 gr	105 gr
85 %	9 %	16 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
422 Kcal or 1,767 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 400 g : 1.38 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oatmeal cake, Gâteau Nantais, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Lobster Thermidor, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pilau rice, Aperitif rolls, Toffee apple upside-down cake, The strange gratin, Montbenoit's canapés, ... All
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut tuiles, Coconut "croute à thé", Coconut pyramids, Coconut paste, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , Saint Honoré cake, Apple crisps, Strawberry Charlotte, Pink Reims biscuits, ... All

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