Melktert (Milk Tart)- South Africa
South Africa is the southernmost African country. It has the largest African economy, the population is around 52 million, it has three capital cities and 11 official languages! Cave paintings have been found in South Africa dating back around 75,000 years and the first ever human heart transplant was performed in Cape Town.
Milk tart
Ingredients
Pastry:
2 cups flour
1 egg
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
125g butter
pinch of salt
Filling:
4 ½ cups milk
2 ½ tbsp cornflour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
pinch of salt
2 ½ tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
a big spoon of butter
Instructions:
Pastry:
Cream butter and sugar well together and add the egg, before beating well.
Add all other ingredients – making a stiff dough.
Press into one or two round cake tins/pie dishes.
Bake blind for 15 minutes at 180°C (use wax paper to cover the pastry and place dry beans/rice over the paper to weight the pastry down). Then remove the paper and beans/rice and bake for an additional 5 minutes until light brown.
Filling:
Bring milk to a gentle boil.
Beat eggs well and add sugar, flour, cornflour and salt.
Mix well.
Pour boiling milk into the mixture and stir well.
Return to stove and stir for 10-12 minutes on medium heat until the mixture thickens.
Add butter and vanilla essence and mix through, then pour into cooked shell.
Allow to cool in the fridge (you do not need to cook the tart any further)
To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.
Notes:
With a 26cm pie/tart/flan dish there was still leftover pastry.
South Africa is the southernmost African country. It has the largest African economy, the population is around 52 million, it has three capital cities and 11 official languages! Cave paintings have been found in South Africa dating back around 75,000 years and the first ever human heart transplant was performed in Cape Town.
Credits to justeasyyrecipes.co.za
Milk tart
Ingredients
Pastry:
2 cups flour
1 egg
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
125g butter
pinch of salt
Filling:
4 ½ cups milk
2 ½ tbsp cornflour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
pinch of salt
2 ½ tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
a big spoon of butter
Instructions:
Pastry:
Cream butter and sugar well together and add the egg, before beating well.
Add all other ingredients – making a stiff dough.
Press into one or two round cake tins/pie dishes.
Bake blind for 15 minutes at 180°C (use wax paper to cover the pastry and place dry beans/rice over the paper to weight the pastry down). Then remove the paper and beans/rice and bake for an additional 5 minutes until light brown.
Filling:
Bring milk to a gentle boil.
Beat eggs well and add sugar, flour, cornflour and salt.
Mix well.
Pour boiling milk into the mixture and stir well.
Return to stove and stir for 10-12 minutes on medium heat until the mixture thickens.
Add butter and vanilla essence and mix through, then pour into cooked shell.
Allow to cool in the fridge (you do not need to cook the tart any further)
To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.
Notes:
With a 26cm pie/tart/flan dish there was still leftover pastry.
South Africa is the southernmost African country. It has the largest African economy, the population is around 52 million, it has three capital cities and 11 official languages! Cave paintings have been found in South Africa dating back around 75,000 years and the first ever human heart transplant was performed in Cape Town.
Credits to justeasyyrecipes.co.za
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