Pineapple Tarts

Pineapple tarts, a must-have Chinese New Year biscuits... my Chinese New Year is incomplete without this all-time favourite biscuit... There are few version of this tart. Every individual is unique... hence, some prefer the "hard" pastry, some prefer the melt-in-your-mouth pastry, some like the ones with the jam on top of the pastry, some liked it enclosed and etc... to me, I can adapt to both...

One of my favourite is my aunt's pineapple tarts... She was kind enough to share her recipe with me... Have yet to try it... Here goes:

250g Butter

300 - 325 g Flour (add together a pinch of salt) - I do come across other recipe that include 20g of milk powder/ corn flour (for the melt-in-your-mouth effect)

1 Egg Yolk

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essense

Rub butter into flour to form breadcrumbs.

Add in egg yolk and vanilla essense to form dough. If a bit sticky, add in more flour.

For pineapple jam:

1 Pineapple + 500g Sugar

1 small Cinnamon Stick

Scrap/ Grate pineapple. Cook scrapped/ grated pineapple and sugar with cinnamon stick until almost dry.