SINGAPORE STYLE PINEAPPLE TARTS

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Make and share this Singapore Style Pineapple Tarts recipe from Food.com.

Provided by aletashaffer

Categories     Tarts

Time 1h10m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 15

4 fresh pineapple
400 g caster sugar
4 cm piece cinnamon sticks
1 star anise, use 4 segments
4 cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice or 2 tablespoons lime juice
340 g plain flour
340 g cake flour
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons icing sugar
450 g butter, cubed (Lurpak is great)
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
50 ml ice water
2 beaten eggs, for glaze

Steps:

  • Filling.
  • To make the jam, grate the pineapple coarsely.
  • Combine the grated pineapple with the rest of the ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan and cook over a moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is almost dry.
  • Set aside to cool.
  • Pastry dough.
  • Put sifted flour, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
  • Rub in butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Beat in the egg yolk and add ice-cold water and essence.
  • Mix well to form a dough.
  • Place in a plastic bag and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Roll pastry out to 0.5 cm thickness on a lightly-floured tabletop and cut out rounds with a pie cutter.
  • Fill each piece of cut-out pastry with pineapple jam filling.
  • Pinch a small neat frill aroud the edging.
  • Cut thin strips of pastry to form a lattice on top of each pie.
  • Glaze the strips with beaten egg.
  • Place tarts on a greased baking tray and bake in preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes.
  • Reduce the temperature to 170°C and continue to bake for another 10 minutes or until golden.
  • Turn tarts out to cool on a wire rack before storing in air-tight containers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 311.6, Fat 13.1, SaturatedFat 7.9, Cholesterol 58.7, Sodium 324.9, Carbohydrate 46, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 20.9, Protein 3.8

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