Coconut Banana Tartlets Recipes

COCONUT-BANANA TARTLETS

Steps:

• Mix flour, coconut, sugar and salt in processor until well blended. Add butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in vanilla and enough water to form moist clumps. Knead dough briefly on work surface to combine; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill until dough is firm, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Divide dough into 6 equal pieces. Roll out each dough piece on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out 6-inch rounds. Line six 4-inch-diameter tartlet pans with removable bottoms and 3/4-inch-high sides with dough rounds. Freeze crusts 15 minutes.
• Place tartlet pans on large baking sheet. Bake crusts 10 minutes; pierce with toothpick if crusts bubble. Continue to bake until crusts are pale golden, about 10 minutes longer. Cool crusts on baking sheet. Reduce oven to 350°F.
• Place coconut in medium bowl medium bowl. Add banana slices and toss gently to coat. Stir cream and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boil. Pour cream mixture over banana mixture; gently combine. Spoon filling into prepared crusts.
• Bake tartlets on baking sheet until filling bubbles and coconut is lightly toasted, about 25 minutes. Cool tartlets on rack 5 minutes. Carefully push up pan bottoms to free tartlets from pans. Cool tartlets completely and serve.

STRAWBERRY AND BANANA TARTLETS IN COCONUT PASTRY SHELLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl blend together the flour, the butter, the shortening, the coconut, and a pinch of salt until the mixture resembles meal. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons ice water, toss the mixture until the water is incorporated, and form the dough into a ball. Flatten the dough slightly, dust it with flour, and chill it, wrapped in wax paper, for 1 hour. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Fit each half into a 4 1/4-inch tartlet pan and roll a rolling pin over the pan edges to trim the excess dough. Prick the shells with a fork and bake them in a preheated 425°F. oven for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375°F. and bake the shells for 12 to 15 minutes more, or until they are golden. Transfer the shells to a rack and let them cool. The shells may be made 1 day in advance and kept in an airtight container.
• In a saucepan combine the milk and 2 tablespoons of the sugar and bring the mixture just to a boil over moderate heat. In a bowl whisk together the yolk, the vanilla, the banana, mashed, the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, the flour, and a pinch of salt. Add half the milk mixture in a stream, whisking, pour the egg mixture into the pan, and bring the mixture to a boil, whisking constantly. Simmer the custard for 1 minute, remove the pan from the heat, and whisk in the butter. Force the custard through a fine sieve set over a bowl, cover its surface with plastic wrap, and chill the custard for 2 hours. The custard may be made 8 hours in advance and kept covered and chilled. In a bowl beat the cream until it holds soft peaks and fold it gently but thoroughly into the custard.
• Divide the filling between the shells and arrange the strawberries decoratively on it. In a small saucepan melt the jelly with the lemon juice over moderate heat and brush the strawberries with the glaze. Sprinkle the tartlets with the toasted coconut.

COCONUT TARTLETS

Steps:

• Heat oven to gas mark 4 (350F, 180C) Roll out pastry thinly and cut into rounds using a 3 inch cutter.
• Place half a teaspoon of jam in the bottom of each tartlet.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the egg and coconut.
• Place 1tsp of the sponge mixture on top of the jam.
• Bake for about 20 minutes until the sponge is golden brown and risen.

COCONUT CREAM TARTS

Steps:

• Adjust oven racks to lowest and lower-middle positions, and heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 48 mini-muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray.
• Mix 1/2 cup of the sugar and graham cracker crumbs in a small bowl. Working in 4 batches, lay 12 cut egg roll wrap squares on work surface. Brush wrappers with melted butter on both sides, and roll each piece in the graham cracker mixture to coat, shaking off excess. Use fingers to fit wrappers in prepared muffin tins to form a cup.
• Place 2 muffin tins each on oven racks and bake, switching tin positions after 10 minutes, until golden and crisp, 15 to 18 minutes. Immediately remove tarts from tins and place on a wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining wraps. (Cooled tart shells can be stored in an airtight tin for up to 1 week.)
• Scatter coconut in an 8-inch baking pan. Bake on lower-middle rack, stirring every 5 minutes until evenly golden brown, about 15 minutes. For the filling, whisk cornstarch and remaining 2/3 cup sugar in a medium saucepan. Whisk in yolks, immediately followed by the milks. Turn heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently at first, then constantly as mixture starts to thicken, 8 to 10 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute longer. Stir in vanilla, remaining 2 Tbs. of butter and 1/2 cup of the toasted coconut. Put plastic wrap directly over the surface to prevent a skin from forming, let cool, then refrigerate. (Filling can be refrigerated up to 2 days.)
• When ready to assemble, arrange tart shells on a serving tray. Spoon a tablespoon of filling into each shell, sprinkle with toasted coconut, and serve.

BANANA AND COCONUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Put pastry case in a greased pie dish, or use puff pastry to line a pie dish.
• Cook blind for 15 minutes.
• Beat eggs, add coconut and sugar.
• Bring milk to boil and add little by little to mixture.
• Bring whole mixture to boil to thin.
• Remove from heat, add rum.
• Pour mixture over pastry, chop banana and arrange on top to decorate.
• Cook for 10 minutes in oven.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
• Advice :.
• Try pouring a second shot of rum over the pie while hot, then flambéing at the table - be careful of your guests!