Pineapple tart / 鳳梨撻
Jul 22nd, '11, 15:58
Pineapple tart / 鳳梨撻
Pineapple tarts in the shape of rolls open at the ends and filled with jam
Traditional Chinese 鳳梨撻 or 黄梨撻
Literal meaning Pineapple tart
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Pineapple tarts are small, bite-size pastries filled with or topped with pineapple jam, popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian town of Malacca is particularly famous for producing good commercial pineapple tarts.[citation needed]
The pastry consists of a large proportion of butter and egg yolk, besides using corn starch, giving it a rich, buttery, tender and melt-in-the-mouth texture. The pineapple jam is usually made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated fresh pineapple that has been mixed with sugar and spices - usually cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
Typical shapes include a flat, open tart topped with pineapple jam under a lattice of pastry, rolls filled with jam that are open at the ends and jam-filled spheres.
Considered a "festive cookie", pineapple tarts are usually consumed during the Chinese New Year period. However, they are sold all year round by commercial bakeries and by souvenir stores serving tourists.
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Pineapple tarts in the shape of rolls open at the ends and filled with jam
Traditional Chinese 鳳梨撻 or 黄梨撻
Literal meaning Pineapple tart
[show]Transcriptions
Pineapple tarts are small, bite-size pastries filled with or topped with pineapple jam, popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian town of Malacca is particularly famous for producing good commercial pineapple tarts.[citation needed]
The pastry consists of a large proportion of butter and egg yolk, besides using corn starch, giving it a rich, buttery, tender and melt-in-the-mouth texture. The pineapple jam is usually made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated fresh pineapple that has been mixed with sugar and spices - usually cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
Typical shapes include a flat, open tart topped with pineapple jam under a lattice of pastry, rolls filled with jam that are open at the ends and jam-filled spheres.
Considered a "festive cookie", pineapple tarts are usually consumed during the Chinese New Year period. However, they are sold all year round by commercial bakeries and by souvenir stores serving tourists.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_tart
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