Pineapple Tarts

My mother was known for making thousands of these tarts. Over time, with fewer relatives to assist her and as she got older, she simply made them into ‘apples’ topped with a clove that resembled an apple stem. These round ‘apples’ were made from pastry enclosing the jam. Finally, she made open tarts with the jam exposed. Open tarts resulted in a drier jam tart, as opposed to jam enclosed in the pastry which did not have direct exposure to the oven heat. I have included recipes for both open