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Comforting Creamy Milk Tart
Milk tart is a delicate and popular South African dessert, with a flaky base and a luxuriously creamy custard filling, topped with a dusting of cinnamon.
Servings
12
Total Time
35
minutes
mins
Ingredients
For the crust
125
g
butter
2
tbsp
sugar
1
egg
185
g
flour
1
tsp
baking powder
½
tsp
vanilla essence
For the filling
35
g
flour
3
tbsp
cornflour
2
tbsp
custard powder
1.2
litres milk
150
g
sugar
2
eggs separated
1
vanilla bean split in half
2
tsp
butter
1
tsp
baking powder
2
tsp
caster sugar
2
tsp
ground cinnamon
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US
Instructions
For the Crust
Beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.
Add the egg, flour, baking powder and vanilla and mix until combined
Press the pastry into the tart tin and chill for 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180 deg C
Lay a piece of greaseproof paper inside the pastry crust ensuring that it covers the edges.
Fill with baking beans.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges start to lightly colour.
Remove the greaseproof paper and baking beans and continue baking for a further 5 minutes.
For the filling
Mix together the flour, cornflour and custard powder, adding a little of the milk to form a smooth paste.
Place the remaining milk in a saucepan with the sugar, egg yolks, vanilla bean and cornflour
Bring to the boil, stirring continuously, and simmer for three minutes.
Remove from the heat, stir in the butter and baking powder and set aside.
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
Fold the whites into the custard mixture, remove the vanilla bean and pour into the pastry case.
In a small bowl mix together the caster sugar and cinnamon powder then sprinkle the mixture over the custard filling.
Place in the refrigerator and allow to set.
Notes
If you are short of time, store bought pastry works just as well.
Course:
Sweets and Desserts
Keyword:
melk tert, melktert, milk tart, south african, sweets and desserts, tart