Meringue coconut custard tarts



These last weeks had been busy... time is devoted to work on fridays' buffets and the little time I have isn't enough to get some rest and to keep my blog alive.
When weekend arrives I just want to go home. I don't want to hear anything. I just want my hot bath and go to sleep without worrying about the next day.
I must try to relax until the sleep brings me the light saturday morning...




Meringue coconut custard tarts

Makes 10 (12 cm diameter):

Pastry:
250 g wheat flour
30 g sugar
125 g butter, softened
2 egg yolks

Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.
Grease and flour 10 small tart pans.
Combine well all the ingredients.
Roll out the pastry over a lightly floured work surface.
Put on the moulds.
Pinch the pastry’s sides and bottom with a fork, cover with parchment paper or aluminum foil and put on some ceramic pie weights (dried beans would work too).
Bake for 15 minutes.
Take off the paper and bake for 5 minutes more.
Set aside.
Reduce oven to 150ºC.

Coconut custard:
120 g de Wheat flour
160 g grated coconut
160 g sugar
2 egg yolks
500 ml milk

In a pan, combine all the ingredients together and bring to heat to thicken.
Pour the filling over the crust.

Meringue:

4 egg whites
250 g sugar
grated coconut, to sprinkle

Whisk the egg whites and gradually add sugar until stiff peaks form.
Top the filling with meringue and sprinkle some grated coconut.
Bake until meringue is dry. ( 20-30 minutes)


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Quindins



This post was already published on the portuguese version of flagrantedelicia.com but I've never found time to translate it.

They speak for themselves...




Quindins

Makes 12:

5 egg yolks
25 g coconut, grated
75 ml coconut milk
100 g sugar


Pre-heat the oven to 140º C.
Grease 12 small pans with plenty of butter and sugar.
Sieve the egg yolks.
Add the remaining ingredients and combine well.
Fill 2/3 of the pans with this mixture.
Bake in a double boiler covered with aluminum foil for about 45 minutes.
Unmould while slighly warm.


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Cracking up laughing



After two broken knives and an injured rolling pin I couldn't find any solutions... Why does the coconut refuses breaking itself apart?!...
I've almost felt sorry for my kitchen tiles and with a big laughter I threw it violently against the floor... it was fatal... the coconut cracked up laughing... :)





Coconut lemon cake

2 dl milk
60 g coconut, grated
100 g butter
5 eggs
200 g sugar
Zest of one lemon and 50 ml lemon juice
200 g cake flour

Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.
Grease a cake pan (24 cms diameter).
Bring the milk to boil adding the coconut and the diced butter.
Set aside.
Whisk the egg yolks with 100g of sugar and the lemon zest until creamy.
Ad the milk and mix well.
Gently fold in the flour.
Whisk the egg whites until firm peaks form, add the lemon juice and the remaining sugar. Keep whisking to thicken the mixture.
Gently fold in the egg whites into the dough.
Bake for 50 minutes.
Brush the cake with lemon jelly.
I've sprinkled the top with freshly grated coconut.

* if you use small pans (12 cms diameter) it bakes in only 15 minutes.



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"Un rendez-vous tropical"



Mango and coconut flognarde.

Serves 6-8:


80 g sugar
60 g flour
15 g butter
250 ml coconut milk
3 eggs
400 g mango, diced
Icing sugar to sprinkle


Pre-heat the oven to 180º C.
Grease with melted butter a pie pan (22 cms diameter).
Put the mango on the pan.
Combine flour and sugar while adding the coconut milk and melted butter, stirring until mixture is uniform.
Pour the batter over the mango.
Bake for 45 minutes.


Serve warm and sprinkled with icing sugar.


Flognarde is a variation of the typical french clafoutis.

The difference is on the kind of fruit used:
- The clafoutis is made exclusively with cherries;
- The flognard is made with any other kind of fruit.


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