Warm Pineapple Tart With Pineapple-Coconut Sauce

Ingredients

Tart

• 1 lb frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 large pineapple, peeled, quartered, cored and cut into 11/2-inch-long, 1/4-inch-thick wedges
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• fresh mint leaves, for garnish

Sauce

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
• 3/4 cup pureed pineapple
• 2 tablespoons dark rum

Directions

1. 1

   Make sauce: In a bowl whisk sugar and yolks to blend. Add coconut milk and pineapple puree and continue to whisk. Pour into a heavy saucepan and heat, stirring constantly for about 6 minutes, until custard thickens and coats back of a spoon. Make sure you don't bring it to a boil. Strain custard through a sieve into a bowl and stir in Jamaican rum. Cool, cover and refrigerate, overnight, if desired.

2. 2

   Make tart: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Roll out puff pastry dough, cut out 5 6-inch rounds and transfer to baking sheets. Using a fork, prick dough all over.

3. 3

   In a small bowl whisk icing sugar and egg yolk to blend and brush over dough rounds. Bake 15 minutes until golden brown. Cool.

4. 4

   Heat a heavy, large non-stick skillet over high heat, add pineapple and cook until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Preheat grill or broiler.

5. 5

   Arrange pineapple wedges on each pastry round, covering them completely.

6. 6

   Sprinkle each tart with 1 tablespoon sugar. Watching carefully, grill or broil until edges of pineapple begin to brown, for about 5 minutes.

7. 7

   To serve, transfer tarts to large plates, spoon sauce around and garnish with mint sprigs.