How to Make Coconut Tarts at Home Step by Step Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 oz shortcrust pastry

• 1½ teacupfuls grated coconut

• 1 egg (beaten)

• 1 oz coarse sugar

• 1 dessertspoon sugar

• A little yellow colouring

Methods

• Roll out pastry thinly and cut into rounds with a fluted cutter.

• Line patty tins with pastry rounds.

• Place coarse sugar and water in a saucepan and stir until the sugar softens.

• Add coconut and remove from the stove. Stir in half the beaten egg.

• Add a little yellow colouring and mix well.

• Place a dessertspoonful in each pastry case. Brush over with the remaining beaten egg.

• Bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to moderate and cook until the pastry is done.