Pineapple Tarts Recipe

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 baby pineapples
• 200 g fine sugar (add more if desired)
• 380 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 60 g icing sugar
• 300 g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/4 teaspoon yellow food coloring (optional)
• 1 egg yolk, to use as glaze

Recipe

• 1 to make filling: grate pineapples or use a food processor/juicer. use medium heat to cook it in a non-stick pot. when puree has thickened (after one hour), add sugar. cook on low heat till it becomes a very thick paste. taste and add more sugar if desired. cool, wrap and chill overnight to further thicken it.
• 2 to make the pastry: sift flour and sugar. mix well. rub butter into mixture. add essence and colouring and combine to form a dough. wrap and chill for an hour to firm it up.
• 3 roll dough to a thickness of 7mm. dip cookie cutter in flour and cut out shapes. use a scraper (or knife) to lift the shapes and place on a lined baking tray. brush egg yolk glaze. roll pineapple filling into balls and place on shapes.
• 4 bake for 12 minutes in a preheated 190 degrees celsius or 375 degrees fahrenheit oven. bake longer if you prefer crisper tarts.