These pineapple rolls were also called nastar. This was the first time I made a successful nastar actually because previously I just couldn't roll the pastry out from the nastar molds that I bought. It was so hard that I just gave up. When I went back to Malaysia in 2008, I saw another plastic nastar mold with a push stick to push the dough out, I quickly grabbed one. And it worked! It made my life so much easier with this new tool.
I spent the whole afternoon and only managed to produce 59 nastars, like shown above! Like I said before, this was one cookie that took time to make and could be finished in on time. My pineapple pastry and short-cut jam recipes can be found here.
This pastry is soft and melt-in-the-mouth type. Some were not as pretty because after a while I just wouldn't be bother anymore. :P Great thing is it is just for home consumption.
This pastry is soft and melt-in-the-mouth type. Some were not as pretty because after a while I just wouldn't be bother anymore. :P Great thing is it is just for home consumption.
Below is the picture of the mold I used to make this pineapple rolls.