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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.

23K 5 3.4

Last modified on: October 25^th 2020

Keywords for this recipe:Pastry Dough Tarts Sweetcrust Coconut

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

Change these quantities to make: 400 g 600 g 1 kg 200 g 2 kg 400 g 3 kg 600 g

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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.

Coconut sweetcrust pastry : Photo of step #1

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.

Coconut sweetcrust pastry : Photo of step #2

Knead until evenly mixed (2 or 3 minutes).

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Coconut sweetcrust pastry : Photo of step #3

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

Stage 4

Coconut sweetcrust pastry : Photo of step #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.

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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 200 g : 4.14 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Some recipes that use 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.
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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Corsican tarts, Liège waffles, Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Pistachio "Financiers", Grandma Solange's biscuits, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nantes Tourton, Fish "à la Bordelaise", Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Gratin slices with spinach, ... All
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut tuiles, Coconut pyramids, Coconut "croute à thé", Coconut paste, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Framboisier, Meringues, Minted Melon, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , ... All

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