Pineapple Tart Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all-purpose, self-rising flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Pour in 1 beaten egg and water. Bind the ingredients together gently. Do not knead too much. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, combine pineapple and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for 30 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut 24 rounds, using a 2 inch round fluted cutter. Place on cookie sheet. Put a spoonful of pineapple jam in the center of each piece. Decorate with criss-cross strips of pastry over jam, extending slightly onto pastry shell.
• Cut 24 more 2 inch rounds, then, using a smaller cutter, cut out the centers, creating a ring shape. Moisten the edges of each pastry, and place the rings on top of each pastry shell. Brush the top of the pastry with beaten egg.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Pineapple Jam.
• Grate the pineapple and keep the juice.
• Cook pineapple and juice over medium heat until it is almost dry.
• Add sugar and stir continuously over low heat to prevent burning, until it caramelises and dries up.
• Cool the jam down and keep it in the fridge for one night to dry it sufficiently so that it can be rolled into balls for filling of the tarts.
• Pastry.
• Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Set aside.
• Add in the butter and rub into the dry mixture until mealy crumbs are formed.
• Add vanilla essence and 3 tbsp of cold milk into the egg yolks and pour egg mixture into the crumbs.
• Knead quickly to combine the dough. The dough should be soft and slightly sticky.
• Divid the dough into 2 portions. Flatten each ball slightly and wrap it up using clingwrap. Make sure it is airtight to prevent dough from drying out and then chill for at least ½ hour before use.
• While dough is chilling, prepare your pineapple jam filling by making pineapple jam balls, each from a heaping teaspoonful.
• Lightly flour a clean working surface and roll dough out to about 0.5cm thick.
• Cut out the tart bottoms with a pineapple tart cutter or round cookie cutter and place onto a baking sheet prepped with parchment paper. Top them with your prepared balls of pineapple jam.
• You may also make lattices to decorate the top of the tarts using scrap pastry dough. Lightly brush the lattices using a pastry brush and the eggwash mixture.
• Alternatively, you may make pineapple balls: pinch a small portion of dough, about 25g / 1 oz, flatten manually and use it as a wrap around a pineapple jam ball.
• Place the tarts/balls on a flat baking dish and bake in a 180C oven for about 15-20 minutes, depending on the crispy-ness of the tart you desire. (i.e. bake longer for a harder, crispier, tart crust) or until the pastry is a pale gold.
• Cool on a wire tray, then store in an airtight container, using a piece of parchment or doily in between layers.

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Bake for 12 minutes in a preheated 190 degrees Celsius or 375 degrees Fahrenheit oven. Bake longer if you prefer crisper tarts.

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.