Thursday, November 23, 2006

Coconut Tarts



Ingredients for tart dough:

200 gm. Plain flour
40 gm. icing sugar
1 small egg
100 gm. chilled Butter
1/2 tsp. Vanilla Essence

Coconut fillings:

180 gm. Fresh grated coconut
75 gm. melted Butter
95 gm. castor sugar
2 eggs
5 Tbsp. Evaporated milk
a few drops of egg yolk colouring (optional)

Method:

(1) Rub chilled butter into plain flour till it resembles bread crumbs.
(2) Add in icing sugar and mix thoroughly.
(3) Pour in beaten egg and vanilla essence and mix slowly till it becomes a pliable dough. Leave in the fridge for 20 mins.
(4) Pinch some dough and press into small tart moulds.
(5) For fillings: Mix all the fillings ingredients together and fill into the prepared tart moulds.
(6) Bake tarts at the bottom shelf of the oven at 180C for about 25 mins. or till tart shell is golden brown.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 24, 2006 4:05 pm

    Thank you very much for the recipe. :)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 24, 2006 4:22 pm

    Hi!
    Lovely tarts! I will try out this recipe this weekend and thanks for the recipe.
    P.S. Finally, I've managed to post a comment. What a dummy I am!
    Take care!
    -Esther (KL)

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  3. Aunty YochanaNovember 24, 2006 4:50 pm

    Hi Esther,

    Thanks for posting and happy baking.

    rgds

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  4. AnonymousNovember 27, 2006 5:35 pm

    Lucy,
    Many thanks for sharing the recipe. Wonder can I do this using muffin pan?

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  5. Aunty YochanaNovember 27, 2006 10:10 pm

    Hi anonymous.

    Ues, you can use muffin pans for this tart.

    rgds

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  6. AnonymousJune 05, 2007 12:26 pm

    Hi Aunty Yochana,

    I'm always confused between grated coconut and dessicated coconut. Wat's the diff? And where can I buy them?

    Tks & Regards
    Ms Tan

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  7. Aunty YochanaJune 05, 2007 4:37 pm

    Hi Ms. Tan,

    Grated coconut are fresh grated coconut while dessicated coconut are dehydrated coconut where they come in tin form or plastic packaging.

    rgds

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  8. AnonymousJuly 24, 2007 12:35 pm

    Hi Aunty Yochana,

    Juz wonder where to get fresh grated coconut? Seems seldom see them in neighbourhood market nowadays.

    Regards
    Mrs Tan

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  9. Aunty YochanaJuly 24, 2007 8:13 pm

    Hi Mrs. Tan,

    It's easy for us to buy grated coconut in Singapore and Malaysia. Even NTUC sells the grated coconut in pkts by Heng Guan.

    rgds

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  10. AnonymousJuly 25, 2007 9:11 am

    Hi Aunty Yochana,

    Tks for your prompt reply. I will get it from NTUC and try out the recipe tonite. Is my mum's favourite. Hope to give her a surprise.

    Regards
    Mrs Tan

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  11. AnonymousNovember 15, 2007 11:01 pm

    Hi Yochana,
    Thank you for the very superb website. May I ask if i can substitute dessicated coconut for grated coconut, as grated coconut is not available in Germany...thank you very much. Regards,
    annie

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  12. Aunty YochanaNovember 16, 2007 9:14 pm

    Hi annie,

    if you want to use desiccated coconut, soak it with some evaporated milk first and then use it as fresh grated coconut.

    rgds

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2008 1:33 pm

    any chance of replacing the eggs?

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  14. AnonymousMay 30, 2009 12:09 am

    hello hello can i ask u how come for e same tart recipe u mix e pastry using diff methods, like creaming e butter n sugar first then adding in flour or rubbing butter into flour? does it make a difference? thx alot ah.

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  15. UnknownApril 28, 2016 11:28 pm

    Can I use fresh milk instead


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  16. UnknownApril 28, 2016 11:29 pm

    Can I use fresh milk instead


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  17. Aunty YochanaApril 29, 2016 8:52 am

    yes you can use fresh milk but evaporated milk is more creamy and fragrant. Happy Baking.

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