Deck the Hall

Apart from the spirit of giving and sharing, Christmas is also a time for feast and celebration, a time for the family to get together decorating and adds gaiety to the festiveYuletide spirit.  A great way to bring alive the joyful spirit right at home is to inject some bejeweled colours to liven up our cosy nest. Not forgetting some home-bakes to go along with a cuppa with Christmas Jazz in the air. If, if only there's a fire place, that will be simply perfect!

Sweet & savoury coconut tarts.
The crimson cherries crystallize as red ruby brimming for attention.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la...

Christmas town building in progress...

this authentic wooden hand-crafted cuckoo clock was bought during our Chritmas trip to Germany Titisee, in the heart of Black Forest. Every Christmas is made special with our ornaments collection displayed around the house. Wanna see more around my place? Stay around!



Coconut Tarts

Ingredients:

250g flour

15g milk powder

60g caster sugar

170g butter

40g egg (lightly beaten)

1/2tsp vanilla essence

*some cherries for topping

Filling:

40g Butter

80ml water

80g dessicated coconut (i used Fresh grated coconut)

160g caster sugar (reduced to 100g)

2 eggs

1tsp baking powder

1tsp flour

1/2tsp vanilla essense

150-200ml evaporated milk (i used low-fat milk)

Method:

to make tart crust, combine flour, milk powder and caster sugar. Rub in butter until mixture resemble bread crumbs. Add in beaten egg gradually, follow by vanilla essence. Knead to form dough.

Wrap the dough with plastic wrap, refrigerate for about half an hour until ready to use.

roll out enough dough, place into tart mould.Touch some flour on both thumbs, press the dough onto tart mould. Trim off the edges for excess.

Half bake the tartlets in preheated oven at 180deg C for aout 10-15 minutes.

Next, to make filling, melt butter with water, pour into mixing bowl. Combine with the remaining ingredients, mix until blended.

Spoon filling into tart cases and decorate with cherry. Bake in preheated oven at 175deg C for about 25-30 minutes.

Cook tarts. Remove tarts from mould.

Recipe adapted from Tarts my heart

                                 Heart of romance