Chinese Pineapple Tart

Ingredients

• Pineapple Tarts–Chinese New YearCookies
• Yields 60 pieces.

Ingredients for Pineapple Jam

• 250g grated pineapple (ripe)
• 150g sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 or 2 pandan leaves (optional)

Ingredients for Pastry

• 150g flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• 100g butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 tbsp icing sugar
• 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 egg yolk, beaten (egg wash; for a golden finish)

Directions

Making the Pineapple Jam

1. Bring to a boil grated pineapple, sugar, lemon juice and pandan leaves.
2. Let it simmer for 30 minutes or until thickens.
3. Sieve in 1/2 tbsp corn flour.

Making the Pastry

1. Sieve flour, corn flour, salt, icing sugar and vanilla essence into amixing bowl.
2. Rub in margarine or butter and add egg yolk to form a dough.
3. Roll pastry into 1/2 cm thickness and stamp out with a cutter.
4. Pinch some pineapple jam and roll into a ball with 1cm diameter. Place on the center of the tart.
5. Decorate the tart with 2 strips of pastry placed to make a cross on the top.
6. Brush tart with beaten egg.. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F for 10-15 minutes or till lightly brown.