1,566 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

This site uses only a few technical cookies necessary for its operation. By continuing to browse, you accept their use.
To find out more...

Coconut sweetcrust pastry

Name: Coconut sweetcrust pastry
Prep time: 13 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 1 kg 200 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g flour; 350 g butter; 2 eggs; 100 g caster sugar; 5 g fine (or table) salt; 150 g dessicated coconut

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.

66 K 3.2/5 (6 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

4.15 €

1 kg 200 g

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: October 25^th 2020

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	70 RDI=30 %	500 RDI=50 %	310 RDI=50 %	5,090 RDI=260 %	21,320 RDI: 260 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	30 RDI=4 %	420 RDI=20 %	1,770 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 200 g : 4.15 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

Some other recipes using this recipe

Coconut "croute à thé"

Here's a coconut version of the classic French "croute à thé" cake. The double coconut flavour comes from the sweetcrust pastry as well as the filling.
36 K 55 min.

This recipe uses (among others)

Other recipes you may also like

Rice pudding (riz au lait)

My personal version of this classic family recipe.

December 18^th 2018418 K5 40 min.

Clarified butter

This is a way of melting butter to eliminate all the impurities. The clarified butter can then be heated without spoiling, and is more digestible. It is ideal for cooking at high temperatures where small black specks would spoil the appearance, or for emulsified sauces like béarnaise or mousseline.

June 21^th 2017487 K4.2 2 hours 15 min.

Green parsley sauce

This sauce, with a great parsley taste, is perfect with steamed vegetables or fish. At the bottom you will find the coulis version of this recipe.

February 21^th 2011560 K 44.3 25 min.

Real home-made chips*

It's not easy to make these - the original "French fries" - well at home, that is, to produce golden and crunchy chips from fresh potatoes. Here is a way of doing it in three cooking stages, which gives very good results: melting in the middle, crunchy on the outside, and a nice golden colour. What's more, everything can be prepared in advance. [Translator's note: I have called these "chips" (the British English term, not to be confused with flat round "crisps", being what Americans understand...

December 30^th 2019454 K5 1 hour 50 min.

Celeriac soup with mustard

This delicious creamy soup is very quick to make.

May 4^th 2012166 K4.6 45 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.