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Where to get the best pineapple tarts in Singapore this Chinese New Year 2025
ON 7 Jan 2024
By: Lifestyle Asia
From heritage bakeries to mashups with French pastries, check out these places for the best pineapple tarts in Singapore for Chinese New Year 2025.
Pineapple tarts are a type of pastry consisting of pineapple filling and a crust. To make it, the fruit is grated, sweetened, and cooked into a jam, while the dough is formed using flour, butter, and egg yolks before being baked. There are two common forms of pineapple tarts in Singapore. The first is the open-faced style, where the jam sits on top of the pastry. The other is the pineapple ball or roll, which sees the crust shaped entirely around the filling. Sometimes, the crust is fashioned and scored to resemble the fruit.
Along with bak kwa and yu sheng, pineapple tarts are one of the biggest symbols of the Lunar New Year. The pineapple is known as “ong lai” in Hokkien, which are homonyms for the words “prosperity (ong)” and “come (lai).” The fruit’s bright golden hue also draws associations with wealth and fortune.
Cat & The Fiddle
For Chinese New Year 2025, Cat & the Fiddle is offering two flavours of its feline-shaped pineapple tarts. The new yuzu pineapple tarts are lightly flavoured with parmesan for a tangy twist on the classic, while the parmesan cheese pineapple tarts offer a sharp, nutty contrast against the sweet pineapple jam. The tarts are available individually as well as in a mixed set at all Cat & the Fiddle outlets.
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From S$38.80 for a dozen pieces
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