Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nastar cookies (indonesian pineapple tarts). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts) is something which I have loved my entire life.
Make a depression in the center of each ball and fill with pineapple jam filling. Pinch the edges of the dough back around the filling, and turn seam side down. Every year when Chinese New Year approaches, my mother in law and her sisters all gather together for a multi-day baking marathon, churning out jars and jars of nastar (pineapple jam-filled cookies/pineapple tarts) and pans and pans of lapis legit (thousand layer cake). Pinch the edges of the dough back around the filling, and turn seam side down.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nastar cookies (indonesian pineapple tarts) using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts):
- Make ready Pineapple jam:
- Take 1 large pineapple or 2 pineapples
- Prepare 200 gram caster sugar
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 5 cloves
- Make ready 2 stick cinnamon
- Take Egg wash:
- Take 3 eggs yolks
- Prepare 1 tsp condense milk
- Get 1 tsp honey
- Take For the cookies:
- Make ready 250 gram unsalted butter
- Prepare 250 gram margarine
- Get 700 gram allall-purpose flour
- Make ready 180 gram icing mixture (fine granulated sugar)
- Prepare 40 gram cornstarch
- Make ready 100 gram milk powder (full cream)
- Get 6 eggs yolks
These pineapple cookies called Kue Nenas or Kue Nastar in Indonesian, is one of the most popular traditional sweets to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The reason they are made and consumed during this time is because in the Hokkien language " ong lain " means " golden pear " and symbolizes prosperity, fortune and luck. Nastar or pineapple-filled cookie is one of the classic popular cookies in Indonesia. You will see it everywhere during Chrismast, Chinese New Year, and Eid-al-Fitr.
Steps to make Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts):
- For the jam : Peeled the pineapples and rub with some salt and then wash with clean water. Slice and blend with the blender until you get a smooth mixture Mix all ingredients and put them in a saucepan and let it simmer with low heat for few hours. Stir it occasionally until you get dry and thick mixture. Shape into small balls and place on baking paper-lined tray. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until needed.
- For the eggs wash: Mix together all ingredients in a small bow. Make sure the honey is dissolved well and the mixture is no longer lumpy.
- For the cookies doug : Mix butter, sugar, and egg yolks until soft and light. - Add the dry ingredients (both flours and milk powder) and mix until fully incorporated. If the mixture too wet, add some flour.
- Cover the dough and refrigerate for about 30 minutes until firm. - - Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line several cookie sheets with parchment.
- Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Make a depression in the center of each ball and fill with pineapple jam filling. Pinch the edges of the dough back around the filling, and turn seam side down. Place on baking trays about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 15 minutes, take it out. Brush the tops of each cookie with egg wash and bake for another 15 minutes until shiny and golden. Cool on wire racks.
Nastar or pineapple-filled cookie is one of the classic popular cookies in Indonesia. You will see it everywhere during Chrismast, Chinese New Year, and Eid-al-Fitr. And for me, Eid-al-Fitr is not complete without this Nastar cookies. It has to be there, available on every table of every person's house. Pineapple tarts or what are often called Kue Nenas/ Kue Nastar in Indonesian language is one of the classic popular Chinese New Year cookies in Indonesia.
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