Simply Delicious Pineapple Crab Tarts Sp5 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:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine flour, butter, and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat together until a soft dough forms. Press dough over the bottom and up the sides of a 9x12-inch baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While crust is baking, bring sugar and crushed pineapple to a boil in a small saucepan. Mix cornstarch with water and stir into the pineapple filling. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• While filling is cooling, beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Add slightly cooled pineapple mixture; whip on low speed until just combined. Give filling 1 more stir to ensure it is evenly mixed.
• Pour filling into the baked crust. Return to the oven and bake until the topping is slightly golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl add first 4 ingredients and stir together, mixing thoroughly.
• Spoon mixture into phyllo cups, using a tablespoon.
• Place filled phyllo cups onto a baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Place on a serving dish and watch them disappear!