Traditional Pineapple Fridge Tart – Summer has never tasted so good

Do you have friendly memories of bake sales at school or church bazaars? Perhaps you still take part in these great activities and want to sell something new. This Traditional Pineapple Fridge Tart from the shores of South Africa will have you crowned as the bake sale master.

Most of the recipe consists of mixing all of the ingredients together. This sweet treat can be served as a dessert or as a fridge tart. When having it as a dessert, do not add the biscuits (if you choose to do so) and serve with ice cream instead. The xanthan gum, when activated, will help set the mixture in the fridge, but is optional.

This sweet Traditional Pineapple Fridge Tart is perfect for a big crowd at home or your next bake sale.  

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Traditional Pineapple Fridge Tart

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Recipe by Irene Muller Course: DessertCuisine: South AfricanDifficulty: Easy

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

5

minutes

Setting Time

2

hours

Total time

25

minutes

Ingredients

• Ten packets Tennis biscuits, any flavour you like.

• 1 tin crushed pineapple in a light sauce

• 1 tin Ideal milk (evaporated milk) Place in the fridge the previous day to ensure it is cold.

• 1 packet jelly, pineapple flavour 

• 1 tsp gelatine

• 1 tsp Optional: xanthan gum (available at Dischem) this ensures it sets well

Method

• In a square dish, layer whole pieces of Tennis biscuits together, until the base of the dish is covered with a single layer.
• Drain the pineapple juice into a saucepan, add in the jelly powder to the mixture, bring to the boil and stir until it is all dissolved.  When this has dissolved, add the gelatine and xanthan gum, mix well, set aside to cool.
• Using an electric mixer, add the contents of the very cold ideal evaporated milk in your bowl, mix this vigorously until the volume has doubled in size and is light and fluffy, adjust the setting to slow speed and mix the jelly mixture in slowly.
• Once mixed, add the crushed pineapple to the ideal milk and jelly mixture and fold in gently.
• Pour the mixture over the biscuits.
• Add another layer if there is enough mixture. (If there isn’t, leave it to one layer of the mixture as the tennis biscuits can dry out the mixture).  Ensure all the corners of the dish are reached. 
• Take two or three tennis biscuits and crush them to sprinkle lightly over the dish. 
• Leave the tart in the fridge for 2 hours and serve. 

Notes

• It is best not to leave in the fridge for longer than a day as it will start to dry out.

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