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Pineapples tarts

Posted by spots (Singapore, Singapore) on 4 February 2010 in Food & Cuisine and Portfolio.

Thanks to Rachel, I plucked up the courage to bake pineapple tarts from scratch this week! What I mean is that she had made a batch with a friend, and was telling us how enjoyable & fun it was, so that gave me the extra push to consider it too. Rachel very generously passed me a recipe, but in the end, I used a recipe from a book that will be published soon, a book that is quite close to my heart, a book that I am currently editing. (So I think I cannot post the recipe here, sorry!)

Anyway, it WAS really fun to make the tarts. On the first day, Ben and I made the dough while Julie, our helper, worked on the pineapple grating. We then cooked the jam together. (Dan was having his piano lesson, so he couldn't help out!) On the second day, Husband pitched in and helped me roll out the dough, stamp out shapes with the moulds and place the jam balls on. We made 50 tarts, and had pineapple jam leftover to spare, so we are likely to make the tarts again some time soon. =) I think when the kids are older, they could help with the rolling and stamping out of the dough and placing the jam balls on top. I can see this becoming a real family tradition! Yay!!

The tarts are yummy. The jam is golden-coloured, because we did not cook it till it was all brown. The pastry is crunchy, with very little over-buttery aftertaste. I think we may have added a bit too much sugar to the jam, but it is not sickeningly sweet. Actually, upon reflection, pineapple tarts are easy to make, but just require a lot of time. I would encourage everybody to try it!