old fashioned food coconut tarts

COCONUT TARTS

● 125g ready rolled shortcrust pastry

● 50g softened butter

● 50g caster sugar

● 60g coconut

● 1 tbsp whisked egg

● Jam or lemon curd

1 Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180c. Cream together the butter and sugar and then stir in the coconut and egg and make into a paste.

2Now shape into 12 flattened discs. Using a pastry cutter, cut out 12 circles of pastry and lay into a greased 12 patty tin.

3Put a spoonful of jam into six and a teaspoon of lemon curd into another six and then put a coconut disc on top of each one. Pop them into the oven for 15-20 mins or until light golden brown.