Taiwanese Pineapple Shortcakes / 台湾凤梨酥

(Crunchy Outside and Melt-In-Mouth)

Pineapple Tarts are always one of the must foodies during CNY. I had being wanting to try out Taiwanese Shortcakes & this round with SCS Competition, I tried it & got enough likes to be qualify in sharing my recipe in "SCS CNY 2015 Pineapple Tart Recipe Booklet".

Pineapple Shortcakes

Mold used

Recipe attached as below:

Ingredients:

Pineapple Paste

1 pc Large Pineapples
1 cup Sugar
¼ pcs Cinnamon Stick
2 pcs Cloves

Pineapple Pastry

220gm Plain Flour
30gm Milk Powder
25gm Icing Sugar
½ tbsp Honey
125gm SCS Salted Butter
2 pcs Medium Sized Egg
½ tsp Vanilla Extract
 
Preparation and Cooking Instructions:

Pineapple Paste

1. Peel the pineapples.
2. Hand grinds the pineapple & discards the core.
3. Cook the pineapple (including pineapple juice) with cinnamon stick & cloves on medium heat until it thicken. (Do remember to keep stirring in this step to prevent the paste to be burn)
4. Turn the frame to low heat.
5. Add in sugar. (It will turn watery again & continuous stirring is required as well.)
6. When the paste is caramelize & sticky, it is ready.
7. Keep it air tight container after it is completely cool. (Keep in fridge up to 2 weeks & in freezer up to 3 months)

Pineapple Pastry

1. Sieve the flour & milk powder together into a mixing bowl then set aside.
2. Beat the butter, honey & icing sugar till fluffy & pale.
3. Beat in the egg one by one till well incorporated.
4. Add in the sieved dry mixture from step 1 to form a dough.
5. Wrap the dough with the paste* & push it into the mould. (Do not remove the mold as it is required during the baking process in the oven to secure the shape of the tarts)
6. Take a portion of the dough & add the green food coloring. Stamp the leaves' shape using the fondant puncher & place it on the tarts. 
7. Bake in preheat oven at 150C for about 25 – 30 mins.
8. Allow the tarts to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

Note:

1. Proportion Total = 50 gm Dough = 30 gm Paste = 20 gm
2. The mold can be bought in Totts, Kitchen Capers or Sia Huat Warehouse Sale.