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TIPS ON MAKING YOUR OWN PINEAPPLE TARTS AT HOME

January 03, 2024

TIPS ON MAKING YOUR OWN PINEAPPLE TARTS AT HOME

Pineapple tarts are a staple of Chinese New Year. It’s one of those things where you might not have a craving for any time in the year, but when the festive season rolls around — so does the craving hit. 

And what’s not to like?  It’s buttery, sweet, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth (or at least, the good ones are), and it has such a big significance in the celebration of Chinese New Year.

If you’ve always had store-bought pineapple tarts, perhaps this year you might consider making your own. It’s not as difficult as it might seem (especially when you see how much people charge for them), and we hope this article inspires you to go forth and make your own!

What makes a good pineapple tart?

It’s subjective, but generally, it needs to be buttery, it needs to be crumbly, and it definitely needs to be a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Making pineapple tarts does not require too many ingredients, but In order to get this right, you need to use high quality ones. For example, our Pineapple Tart baking kit uses French butter because of the amount of butterfat in it, offering up a buttery result. 

Some key things to look out for when making pineapple tarts

Are pineapple tarts easy to make? How do I make pineapple tarts? It really depends on how complicated you are willing to go! 

In general, it’s a straightforward process that only requires 2 things — a good recipe and high quality ingredients. Here are some key things to think about and look out for when you are embarking on your homemade pineapple tarts:

  1. Pineapple Paste

Pineapple tarts are simple to make! The first thing you need to do is decide if you want to make your pineapple paste (the filling) from scratch, or use store-bought pineapple paste. 

Making the paste yourself allows you the flexibility of adjusting the taste of it, but is tedious and time-consuming. If you are new to this, we’d suggest getting store-bought paste.

Store-bought paste is easy and quick to use — just simply portion out the paste and fill your pineapple tarts. However, store bought paste can differ in quality, so it’s important to look for ones that are popularly reviewed or tested. 

We use premium quality grade pineapple paste in our baking kit.

  1. Recipe

When you’ve decided on making the jam or using store-bought paste, it’s time to look for a recipe. Of course, we recommend using our all in one baking kit to make your pineapple tarts this year, but here are some recipes that we recommend:

Rasa Malaysia

Buttermilk pantry

Kitchen Tigress

  1. Tart dough

Don’t let the name scare you — it really isn’t that difficult or complicated! With pineapple tarts, the key is in using softened butter for your tart dough.

This allows your tart dough to be buttery and crumbly, instead of flaky. Use good quality unsalted butter for this because it’s a key component of what makes a good pineapple tart (the other being the filling).

Experiment with ways to make your pineapple tarts have the right mouthfeel — for instance, we added milk powder to give it that extra melt-in-your-mouth goodness, and based on feedback, this has been a real hit. 

You might consider adding milk powder to your own recipe as well.

So is it easy to make pineapple tarts?

Well, that depends on you! Every year, our best-selling pineapple tarts baking kit are a real hit with our users! You will get all the ingredients you need, pre-portioned (including butter, paste, and baking paper!) and experience the real experience of making homemade pineapple tarts from scratch.

The profile of our pineapple tarts are buttery, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth, and consider us biased, but we think it’s one of the best we’ve eaten.

If you are looking to make your own pineapple tarts this year, look no further. Get your kit here today.



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