Hong Kong style Coconut Tart with Lemon zest

Name: Hong Kong style Coconut Tart with Lemon zest
Total time: 3300 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 cups All Purpose Flour; 300 gms chilled unsalted butter cubes; 1/2 cup chilled water; 1 cup finely grated coconut; 2 Tbsp lemon zest; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1/4 cup milk powder; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp kosher salt; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 egg

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA26
Coconut Tart is famous in many places in Hong Kong and in China it’s equally famous if not more. The traditional Coconut tart doesn’t have lemon zest and the unsalted butter isn’t browned but I did as I like the flavour and taste

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

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Ingredients

Prep time -15 mins, Baking-30 mins,Cooling-10 mins

4 servings

Tart Shell
3 cupsAll Purpose Flour
300 gmschilled unsalted butter cubes
1/2 cupchilled water
Coconut filling
Dry part
1 cupfinely grated coconut
2 Tbsplemon zest
1/2 cuppowdered sugar
1/4 cupmilk powder
1 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspkosher salt
Wet part
1/2 cupwhole milk
1/4 cupmelted unsalted butter
1 tspvanilla essence
1egg

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Steps

Prep time -15 mins, Baking-30 mins,Cooling-10 mins

1

Tart shell - in a large bowl add All Purpose Flour, add unsalted butter cubes and mix well so that the flour is well coated, add chilled water and make a dough, wrap with a cling film and refrigerate for 10 mins
2

On a floured kitchen top open the cling wrap and roll the dough
3

Take a tart tin and make a circle, tuck the flour inside and press the sides of the tart shell
4

Filling - in a bowl add the finely grated coconut, lemon zest and coat well, add milk and mix, set aside
5

Wet part - In a bowl add melted unsalted butter, vanilla essence, egg and mix well
6

Dry part - To the same bowl add milk powder, powdered sugar, baking powder, kosher salt and mix all together, then add to coconut mix and mix well again
7

Take 1 Tbsp of filling and add to tart shell
8

Bake at pre heat 180 degrees C for 15 mins and then turn the tart shell and bake again for 13 mins till brown
9

Cool and when able to hand hold then demould
10

Plate and enjoy 😊

Tips

The lemon zest given a lemony flavour so if adding then coat flour well

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on August 24, 2026 09:10

Kolkata

I’m a Home Chef and love cooking different recipes from all across the world. I enjoy sharing and learning from foodies like me. Follow me on my blog madhubish27.com and IG @madhubishskitchen, @madhubish. Thank you