Melktert (Milk Tart)
User Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Servings
8
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
South African
Melktert (Milk Tart)
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Melktert is Afrikaans for milk tart, and is a dessert which has a sweet pastry crust and a creamy custard filling made from eggs, flour, milk and sugar.
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Ingredients
Pastry
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ egg
Filling
- 2¼ cups milk
- 1¼ tablespoon flour
- 1¾ tablespoon butter
- 1¼ tablespoon cornflour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1½ eggs
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Pastry
- Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg.
- Add dry ingredients and mix well to form a smooth dough.
- Press into greased pie plate.
- Bake at 350F/180C for approximately 20 minutes or until golden.
Filling
- Boil milk, sugar and butter.
- Beat eggs with dry ingredients.
- Pour hot mixture over cold and mix well. Add vanilla essence.
- Allow to thicken on the stove.
- Pour filling into pastry-lined pie dish. Allow to cool and then sprinkle with cinnamon.
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