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Tarte Tropézienne (Homemade Version)
A classic French brioche cake from the town of Saint‑Tropez, filled with a silky orange‑blossom scented pastry cream and a light buttercream. This recipe follows JustInCooking’s homemade version, with detailed steps for the brioche dough, pastry cream, sugar‑syrup buttercream, and final assembly.
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Critical Success Points
- • Activating the yeast in correctly warm milk (Step 1).
- • Achieving an elastic, slightly sticky dough after adding butter (Step 4).
- • First proof until the dough doubles in size (Step 5).
- • Preventing the pastry cream from curdling while heating (Step 9).
- • Reaching 118 °C for the sugar syrup (Step 11).
- • Ensuring the buttercream and pastry cream are at similar temperatures before folding (Step 14).
Safety Warnings
- • Hot milk and sugar syrup can cause severe burns – handle with care and use oven mitts.
- • When whisking hot syrup into egg yolks, pour slowly to avoid splattering.
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