Tarte tropézienne, also known as "La Tarte de Saint-Tropez", is a dessert pastry consisting of a halved

brioche Brioche (, also , , ) is a bread of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. Chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and e ...

filled with lemon and vanilla

pastry cream Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency from ...

and topped with

pearl sugar Nib sugar (also pearl sugar and hail sugar) is a product of refined white sugar. The sugar is very coarse, hard, opaque white, and does not melt at temperatures typically used for baking. The product usually is made by crushing blocks of white s ...

."A Brief History of the Tarte Tropézienne, the French Riviera's Favorite Dessert"
by Alex Ledsom, theculturetrip.com, 5 May 2017 It was created in 1955 by

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

confectioner Alexandre Micka, a

pâtisserie A () is a type of Italian, French or Belgian bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets, as well as a term for such food items. In some countries, it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed ...

owner in Saint-Tropez, where he moved after the

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

. The pastry was named by actress

Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...

while she was there filming '' And God Created Woman''. Micka's original pâtisserie, La Tarte Tropézienne, still exists. Micka learnt the recipe from his Polish grandmother. Since the 1970s, the same dessert has also been popular in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, where it is known as the "Prague cake" (''Pražský koláč''). It is not known whether this cake was baked in Bohemia earlier than in France.

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* French pastries Cultural depictions of Brigitte Bardot {{france-dessert-stub