The sugar pie , we have all already savored it, we have sometimes abused it and we have even asked our mothers or grandmothers for it on many occasions. It must be said that this regressive dessert , typical of the North of France and Belgium, has everything to please. Ultra gOurmand , it consists of a soft dough and a half melting half crunchy filling, made of butter, fresh cream, beet sugar or brown sugar. The sugar pie is also very simple to prepare . For pastry chef Cyril Lignac there are several ways to cook it:with shortcrust pastry or brioche dough. At the microphone of RTL , he shared his recipe for brioche version sugar pie as well as his tricks to make it very tasty.
Chef Cyril Lignac's sugar pie recipe
To make a sugar pie you need :
- 300g flour
- 10 g of sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 8 g dry baker's yeast
- 20 ml of milk
- 3 eggs
- 150 g softened butter
- 2 tablespoons fresh cream
- Crane sugar or brown sugar
Preparation steps:
- In the bowl of a mixer, mix the flour, the 10 grams of sugar and the pinch of salt.
- With a spatula or your hands, dig a well in the preparation then pour in the baker's yeast.
- In a saucepan, warm the milk over low heat. Add it to the mixture to activate the yeast.
- Break two eggs and mix everything together.
- Then add soft butter at temperature to make the brioche dough rich and fatty. Knead and form a ball.
- Let your dough rest for 2 hours at 28 degrees.
- Roll out and degas the dough by pressing it several times.
- Then spread it 1 centimeter thick on a baking sheet in a circle of 28 centimeters. Leave the dough to rise again for 1 hour in the open air.
- Meanwhile, in a container, mix the crème fraîche with an egg.
- With your clean fingers, make holes in the dough. Pour the cream mixture into the holes then sprinkle the mixture with brown sugar or brown sugar. You can also add pieces of butter.
- Bake the tart at 190°C for 25 minutes, it should be golden and caramelized. Enjoy!
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