Pineapple Tarts Recipes

Pineapple Tarts Recipes

Pineapple tarts (凤梨酥/菠萝酥) are commonly baked for festival celebration in Malaysia and Singapore.

Ingredients
# 1kg pineapple
# 200g castor sugar
# 2 cloves
# 1 tbsp lemon juice



Pastry
# 125g self-raising flour
# 125g plain flour
# 155g butter
# 60g castor sugar
# ¼ tsp vanilla essence
# 2 egg yolks
# ¼ tsp salt

Method
Grate pineapple coarsely and use a muslin cloth to lightly squeeze out the juice (do not squeeze until too dry). Chop the grated pineapple until fine.

Place the pineapple, sugar, cloves and lemon juice in a heavy-based aluminium saucepan. Cook over medium heat till almost dry, then continue to cook over low heat, constantly stirring till the mixture is thick. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely

For the pastry: Cream butter, sugar and essence until creamy. Beat in the egg yolks and add salt. Fold in sifted flours and mix lightly to form a soft dough.

Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface. Stamp out with a fluted cutter. Place the stamped out dough on a lightly greased tray. Fill the centre with pineapple jam.

Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for 14-15 minutes or until light golden in colour.