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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.

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Last modified on: August 29^th 2021

Keywords for this recipe:Croute à thé Cake Tea Pastry Coconut Pâtisserie

For 1 pieces, you will need:

1 200 g Coconut sweetcrust pastry
2 130 g icing sugar
3 130 g dessicated coconut
4 60 g egg white
5 1 tablespoon icing sugar (optional)
Total weight: 535 grams

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22 min.	30 min.	52 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #1

Roll out 200 g Coconut sweetcrust pastry and line your chosen tin or mould ( rectangular here).

Leave the spare pastry overhanging the edges and put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #2

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put 130 g icing sugar and 130 g dessicated coconut in a large bowl and mix with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #3

Add 60 g egg white and mix with a spoon. The mixture should be fairly thick.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #4

Take the pastry case out of the fridge and trim around the edge.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #5

Prick all over the base with a fork or pastry pricker.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #6

Fill with a thick layer of the coconut mixture, ensuring it is even and level.

Stage 7 - 30 min.

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #7

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 8

Coconut "croute à thé" : Photo of step #8

Leave to cool on a wire rack. Finish the cold cake with a dusting of icing sugar.

Remarks

The quantity of egg white is fairly flexible: feel free to add a little more or a little less to give the right texture to the filling mixture.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in a cake tin or box.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
822 Kcal or 3,442 Kj	21 gr	251 gr	56 gr
41 %	8 %	24 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
154 Kcal or 645 Kj	4 gr	47 gr	11 gr
8 %	2 %	4 %	2 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
822 Kcal or 3,442 Kj	21 gr	251 gr	56 gr
41 %	8 %	24 %	9 %

% 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 pieces : 2.02 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Coconut sweetcrust pastry: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example:
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut paste, Coconut pyramids, Coconut tuiles, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), Financier batter, Succès praliné (praline meringue), Chocolate madeleines, Amaretti, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croute à thé, Yvetot Douillons, Armagnac marzipan, Financier batter, Calissons, ... All

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