
Ingredients
SHORTBREAD BASE
– 1 ¼ cup flour
– ½ cup butter**
– ¼ cup sugar
TOPPING
– 1 tablespoon butter
– ½ cup sugar
– 1 egg
– 1 can crushed pineapple (drain well and squish excess liquid out with your hands)
– ¼ cup shredded or flaked coconut
Instructions
1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
SHORTBREAD BASE
2. In a medium bowl mix together with a pastry
blender flour, butter and sugar until it resembles coarse crumbs. Put in a 20cm ungreased pan, pat down gently and bake for 15 minutes.
TOPPING
3. Meanwhile in a medium bowl cream together butter, sugar and egg, then fold in the well-drained pineapple and coconut, mix well spread over baked base, sprinkle the top with another ¼ cup coconut, return to oven and bake for another 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.
Enjoy!
Source: An Italian in my Kitchen
By: Rosemary