How To Make Sweet Brioche Dessert

Enjoy the irresistible flavor of apricots on this homemade sweet brioche dessert - apricot pizza. Serve it at any entertaining party and watch it disappear before your very eyes.

The recipe made in less than 30 minutes with the ready brioche dough is a keeper.

I believe that I got an idea of making a dessert pizza sometime in winter and was waiting for the season of stone fruits. I am very familiar with the pizza dough and different homemade fillings, but I have never made any sweet version of the pizza.

My willingness to try a homemade dessert pizza was high enough to schedule a new baking project in my calendar. The summertime has arrived with apricots, peaches, and nectarines in grocery stores and farm markets!

There are variations of fruit pizza dough, at least three of them; so, I decided to stick with the brioche dough recipe. Having such a pizza dough on hands, the rest of the recipe is easy. It takes 10 minutes to make the frosting and 20 minutes to bake.

What fruit pizza dough to use

This apricot pizza is made with the basic brioche dough made yourself. If you can purchase the ready brioche dough, you will save time in making the fruit pizza.

You can also make regular pizza dough and adjust the baking time according to the pizza dough recipe.

Even the well-known cookie dough crust can be used to make this fruit pizza. In this case, make a cookie dough yourself, bake the crust, let it cool and spread the mascarpone frosting. Then chill it to firm up the filling and arrange fresh apricots. This kind of fruit pizza is served cold.

Why brioche pizza dessert recipe works

1. This homemade dessert pizza is an adorable summer treat due to bright colors and a combination of textures.
2. It is the upgraded sweet brioche recipe of the basic French brioche with a delicious mascarpone frosting and fresh apricots as a topping.
3. This fruit pizza is perfect to finish a BBQ party or another kind of fun party.

Ingredients

Here is a quick overview of what ingredients you will need. Follow the full recipe below for exact amounts and instructions. I recommend making the recipe as written for the best results.

Brioche dough: make it yourself or use a store-bought brioche dough.

Butter: use a pure high-quality unsalted butter. It provides the best buttery taste.

Brown sugar: use golden or dark brown sugar. You can replace it with light brown muscovado sugar if you prefer.

Mascarpone: it is an essential ingredient to the pizza filling. It pairs perfectly with the French brioche base and apricots in this recipe.

Apricots: use fresh seasonal apricots or replace them with fresh peaches or nectarines. Don’t use frozen fruits, use fresh ones for best texture and flavor. Also, use fruits in moderate amounts; otherwise, the pizza will become soggy.

Yogurt covered almonds: they give the finishing touch to the pizza bringing texture and color. Switch yogurt covered almonds for white Jordan almonds, but the dragees are quite hard, in my opinion.

How to make sweet brioche dessert step by step

Preheat oven to 355 degrees F/180 C.

Take the brioche dough. Spread it in a disc 12 inches/30 cm in diameter and place it on a baking sheet covered with the parchment paper (photo 1). Cover with a cloth and let it grow at room temperature for one hour.

To make the fruit pizza frosting, mix the softened butter with brown sugar and mascarpone (photo 2).

Spread this mixture over the dough. Cut each apricot into eight wedges (photo 3) and arrange them on top of the frosting (photo 4). 

Bake the pizza for about 20 minutes. Take it from the oven; let it slightly cool down (photo 5).

Meanwhile, crush yogurt covered almonds and sprinkle the cooled pizza (photo 6). Cut it with a pizza cutter and serve.

Expert tips

1. Follow this French Brioche recipe to make the fruit pizza dough yourself. You will end up with the brioche dough a bit over 500 g.
2. Do not spray or grease the parchment paper. The brioche dough is quite sticky to work with; so, use a bit of all-purpose flour to spread it over the parchment.
3. Spread the fruit pizza frosting up to the pizza edges or leave some dough along the edges uncovered.
4. Get creative with the apricot topping: arrange the fruit over the top of the mascarpone frosting in a concentric ring or another way you desire.
5. Replace fresh apricots with other stone fruits such as fresh peaches or nectarines. Combine different stone fruits for the best flavor and pretty patterns.
6. Let the ready pizza slightly cool down before sprinkling it with crushed yogurt covered almonds; otherwise, they will start melting.

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The nutritional information has been calculated using an online recipe nutrition calculator such as Verywellfit.com and is intended for informational purposes only. These figures should be used as a general guideline and not be construed as a guarantee.

The recipe was adapted from http://www.elle.fr/. It was originally published on September 04, 2018. The recipe has been revised to include improved content and photos.  All posted pictures are mine.