Dessert

Hertzoggies

Name: Hertzoggies
Total time: 1h 15m
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 250g flour; 125g butter; 50g sugar; 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp baking powder; 250g apricot jam; 2 egg whites; 150g sugar; 150g desiccated coconut

Little Cape tarts named for PM Hertzog — apricot jam in short pastry crowned with coconut meringue.

1h 15m 12 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 250g flour
• 125g butter
• 50g sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 250g apricot jam
• 2 egg whites
• 150g sugar
• 150g desiccated coconut

Method

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Rub butter into flour with sugar, yolk and baking powder to a dough; chill 30 min.

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1
Rub butter into flour with sugar, yolk and baking powder to a dough; chill 30 min.
2
Line tartlet tins; drop a tsp of apricot jam in each.
3
Whisk whites stiff; fold in sugar and coconut; dollop onto jam.
4
Bake 180°C for 20 min until coconut is toasted.