
Snacks & baking
Coconut tarts (coconut tarts)
Small tartlets filled with a sweet coconut custard in a golden shortcrust pastry. They are very popular at celebrations and family gatherings in Belize.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Pâte
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Mix the flour, salt and sugar, then rub in the cold butter with your fingertips until you get a coarse crumb.
- Add the cold water little by little and form a ball of dough. Let it rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and roll out the dough to line 6 tartlet tins.
- In a bowl, mix the coconut, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla and nutmeg.
- Spoon the filling into the pastry cases and bake for 25 minutes, until the top is golden.
- Let them cool completely before removing from the tins.
Variations and tips
Jam version. Add a spoonful of apricot jam to the bottom of each tartlet before the coconut filling.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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