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Coconut Tart

Name: Coconut Tart
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ingredients: 2 Frozen puff pastry sheet; 120g Shredded Coconut; 80g Sugar; 150ml Water; A pinch Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 1 Egg

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Sweetened coconut wrapped in pastry and baked — a baked treat of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Coconut tarts are baked treats loved across the Caribbean islands. In Saint Kitts and Nevis, grated coconut is simmered with sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon, wrapped in pastry, and baked. Sold at bakeries and markets, they're a tea-time snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In the display case of a Basseterre bakery, golden half-moon tarts are lined up as the sweet scent of coconut drifts by.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Frozen puff pastry sheet 2
Shredded Coconut 120g
Sugar 80g
Water 150ml
Nutmeg A pinch
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Egg 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring water and sugar to a boil in a pot and add the coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
Simmer 10 minutes until the liquid is gone, add the vanilla, and cool.
Cut the puff pastry into 10cm rounds.
Place filling in the center, fold in half, and press the edges with a fork.
Brush with beaten egg and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes.

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