Best Fresh Pineapple Coconut Tart Cassies Recipes

PINEAPPLE COCONUT TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; press evenly onto bottom and up sides of 40 greased and floured mini muffin cups., In a small bowl, mix coconut, ice cream topping, sugar, macadamia nuts, egg and cornstarch. Place 1 tablespoon in each cup. Bake until edges are golden and filling is puffed, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 5-10 minutes. Carefully remove to wire racks to cool., In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients. Drizzle over cookies; let dry completely.

WARM PINEAPPLE TART WITH PINEAPPLE-COCONUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Make sauce: In a bowl whisk sugar and yolks to blend. Add coconut milk and pineapple puree and continue to whisk. Pour into a heavy saucepan and heat, stirring constantly for about 6 minutes, until custard thickens and coats back of a spoon. Make sure you don't bring it to a boil. Strain custard through a sieve into a bowl and stir in Jamaican rum. Cool, cover and refrigerate, overnight, if desired.
• Make tart: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Roll out puff pastry dough, cut out 5 6-inch rounds and transfer to baking sheets. Using a fork, prick dough all over.
• In a small bowl whisk icing sugar and egg yolk to blend and brush over dough rounds. Bake 15 minutes until golden brown. Cool.
• Heat a heavy, large non-stick skillet over high heat, add pineapple and cook until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Preheat grill or broiler.
• Arrange pineapple wedges on each pastry round, covering them completely.
• Sprinkle each tart with 1 tablespoon sugar. Watching carefully, grill or broil until edges of pineapple begin to brown, for about 5 minutes.
• To serve, transfer tarts to large plates, spoon sauce around and garnish with mint sprigs.

FRESH PINEAPPLE / COCONUT TART - CASSIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F. With a sharp knife, cut the tough skin off of the pineapple, cut in half and cut out the hard core in the center; cut the remaining pineapple into about 1 inch pieces. Place cut pineapple chunks in a large bowl.
• 2. In a small bowl combine flour, sugars, and spice. mix well. Pour over pineapple and add almond extract...toss the pineapple till evenly coated with flour mixture. (You May want to taste to see if its sweet enough for your liking...my pineapple was pretty ripe, so I used 2 1/2 tbsp of each sugar.) Stir in coconut.
• 3. Roll out your dough and place on a baking sheet. Place pineapple mixture on crust leaving a good 3 inches of crust to fold up over the pineapple. Fold all edges of the crust over the fruit leaving the center uncovered. Sprinkle the uncovered fruit with brown sugar. Brush crust with egg wash and sprinkle with raw sugar or regular sugar. Place in the oven and bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until bubble and golden.
• 4. Leave the tart cool, then remove from pan to serving platter. Slice and enjoy with a yummy scoop of ice cream.