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Discover this delicious Belgian dessert recipe, featuring a sweet cream filling and a rich pastry dough.

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Recipe from SpiderMum, Persino, Ewkaa and 2 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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“Pot desserts are a traditional Belgian dessert that combines a crispy pot pastry with a sweet cream filling. It’s a simple dish to make that will please both children and adults.”

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$3.37 $0.56 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.46
  • $0.99
  • $0.42
  • $0.08
  • $0.05
  • $0.09
  • $0.46
  • $0.18
  • $0.08
  • $0.56

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the dough into slices. ≈ 8 min
  2. In a saucepan, bring the milk, sugar, honey, vanilla extract, and butter to a boil. Then, add the flour.
  3. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture thickens (about 10 to 15 minutes).
  4. Slice the figs thinly and grill the other dried fruits, then add all of this to the dough.
  5. Mix well and remove from heat. ≈ 4 min
  6. Prepare a dish or a mold and alternate layers of dough and cream. ≈ 3 min
  7. Continue until all the ingredients are used, making sure that the final layer is made of cream. ≈ 3 min
  8. Decorate the final layer of cream with slivered almonds, walnuts, grapes, and sprinkle with coconut. ≈ 2 min

The bill

The pots

  • 50 g of butter$0.46
  • 1 liter of milk$0.99
  • 3 tablespoons of butter$0.42
  • 5 tablespoons of sugar or honey$0.08
  • One package of vanilla sugar$0.05
  • 10 g of blanched almonds$0.09
  • 50 g of almonds$0.46
  • 10 grams of figs$0.18
  • 10 grams of grapes$0.08
  • 30 g of shredded coconut$0.56

Total$3.37

that's $0.56 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf of rye bread or any other type of white bread
  • 50 g of butter
  • 1 liter of milk
  • 3 tablespoons of butter
  • 5 tablespoons of sugar or honey
  • One package of vanilla sugar
  • 10 g of blanched almonds
  • 50 g of almonds
  • 10 grams of figs
  • 10 grams of grapes
  • 30 g of shredded coconut

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