Tarte Tropézienne is a classic French dessert. You're going to love this brioche filled with cream (pastry cream folded into whipped cream) !
This week I'm sharing one of my favorite dessert : Tarte Tropézienne ! What the heck is that, you're asking ? Well, "Tropezian Tart" is a dessert that's originally from St Tropez. It's a brioche that's filled with a mix of pastry cream and whipped cream, and it was apparently named by none other that Brigitte Bardot !
I first made one a couple months ago, and gave a couple slices to my grandparents, who spent a lot of holiday time around St Tropez. My grandma assured me there was nothing missing, not even orange blossom water, which I'd seen added to some recipes. So if you give this recipe a try, you'll most definitely feel like you're seating in the sun in the South of France ;)
I feel I should warn you, though : this is a long process. There's a lot of rising time and cooling time involved. I recommend making the pastry cream first thing (maybe even the day before), so it can cool down completely. Then you can go ahead and make the whipped cream, fold in the pastry cream, and keep everything covered in the fridge so the cream can hold itself better. The brioche can be made ahead too. Just know that this isn't the kind of recipe you can decide to make last minute. I started my Tarte Tropézienne at around 11am, and it was done by 5pm (it didn't help that it was super hot outside that day, which means that the brioche wasn't cooling down, and then the cream started to melt as I was taking pictures - which is why there aren't a lot, ha !)
So, Tarte Tropézienne is a long process, BUT it is pretty easy and I assure you it is SO worth it ! Just try it once ;)
OK, now that you're warned, here's the recipe for Tarte Tropézienne :
FOR THE BRIOCHE :
Ingredients :
400g of flour
15g of compressed baker's yeast (or 2 tsp of active dry yeast)
2 tsp of salt
30g of sugar
2 eggs
100g of softened butter
1 egg yolk + 1 tbsp milk
Pearl sugar + icing sugar
Instructions :
FOR THE CREAM FILLING :
Ingredients :
80g of sugar
500mL of milk
1 tsp of vanilla extract
50g of flour
1 egg
10g of butter
15cL of heavy whipping cream
Instructions:
ASSEMBLY :
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