Pineapple cookies (Kue Nastar). 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. The golden color and sweet taste of the pineapple. Reply […] saw the shape I left you on the blog of Chef in Disguisse and I liked it a lot. It combines the appearance of a pineapple with what the cookie symbolizes, so […] 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.
Lumer means melt in the mouth in Bahasa.
So, yep, these are seriously good melt-in-the-mouth pineapple tarts you don't want to miss!
Nastar is a cookies from dough of flour , butter and eggs are filled with jam fruit pineapple.
You can have Pineapple cookies (Kue Nastar) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pineapple cookies (Kue Nastar)
- It's 400 gr of margarine.
- You need 100 gr of butter.
- It's 3 of egg yolks.
- It's 150 gr of sugar powder / icing.
- You need 50 gr of milk powder.
- It's 600-650 gr of all-purpose flour.
- You need of Pineapple Jam for filling.
- It's of For the egg wash.
- You need 2 of egg yolks.
- You need 2 tbs of fresh milk.
The origin of the Dutch language of "Tart Ananas". INDONESIAN PINEAPPLE COOKIES (KUE NASTAR) RECIPE. These cookies are a must in every celebration in Indonesia! Chinese new year will not be complete without a jar of these wonderful buttery cookies, filled with sweet pineapple jam spiced with.
Pineapple cookies (Kue Nastar) instructions
- Mix the egg yolks, margarine, butter and sugar until the mixture rise and color change to pale yellow.
- Add the milk powder and all-purpose flour in batches until you get the right consistency, not too hard, but no longer sticking on your hand.
- The amount of flour you'll use might be different (slightly more or less) depending on how big us the yolks and the flour you use.
- Then get approx. 20gr of dough, form a round shape and press the middle part to create a crater where you can add your pineapple jam in there.
- Cover the jam with the dough, make a half-circled shape (or any shape), then place it on your baking tray.
- Arrange it nicely once all the dough is filled with pineapple jam, then spread the egg wash on top of them.
- Bake in a preheated oven with 180°c for approximately 25-30mins.
- Once all the cookies are baked, let it cool before you place them in a jar..
- Store it in an airtight jar, it'll last for a month (if you haven't finished it by then) ☺️.
My grandma in Jakarta would always feed me boxes of these Pineapple-filled Cookies! (Kue Nastar) If memory serves me right, these were the first pastries that I had ever baked in my life. Indonesian called it as Nastar as the main ingredient of the cookie filling is ananas (Dutch word for pineapple) or nanas (Indonesian word for pineapple). And the word "Tar" came from word "Tart" which means cake or kue in Indonesian language. Lihat juga resep Nastar Renyah isi Selai Nanas- Pineapple Cookies enak lainnya. 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).