Market Bakery · Sugar Tart
Tarte au Sucre
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The topping is often just butter and vergeoise pressed into the dough, though many Walloon bakers pour a little cream and egg over the sugar before baking.
A soft, brioche-based tart topped with a thick layer of brown sugar (vergeoise) and butter that melts into a sticky, caramelized glaze as it bakes. Sold whole or by the wedge at Hainaut's weekend markets.
Why it's made this way: Vergeoise, a soft brown beet sugar produced in Wallonia's sugar-beet country, gives the tart its distinctive deep caramel flavor and is a big part of why this simple bake became a regional signature rather than a generic sugar tart.
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