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South African Milk Tart / Melktert is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. South African Milk Tart / Melktert is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook south african milk tart / melktert using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make South African Milk Tart / Melktert:
- Get 200 g butter
- Make ready 200 g sugar
- Prepare 200 g muesli
- Make ready 500 g plain flour
- Get Custard
- Get 1.5 l whole milk
- Prepare 45 g cornflour
- Get 45 g plain flour
- Prepare 3 eggs
- Prepare 1 vanilla pod
- Get 100 g sugar
- Prepare 1 Tbs butter
- Take 1 vanilla pod
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. Milk tart is a South African favourite for tea, birthday parties or just after dinner dessert. It is generally served in slices of a greater pie but can be made into. A traditional tart which is loved by young and old alike.
Steps to make South African Milk Tart / Melktert:
- Preheat oven to 180’C
- Make biscuit base. Cream the sugar and butter. Add muesli and mix. Then using a fork stir the flour into the mixture. Once it is mixed through press down into cake tin or pie dish. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Make the custard. Heat the milk, butter and vanilla seeds. Careful not to burn. Reduce heat and keep stirring. Mix the flour, cornflour, sugar then add touch of milk until mixed through and runny. Add the eggs and whisk until all lumps are gone. When the milk has warmed up but not boiling add egg and flour mixture in and keep stirring. Reduce heat and keep stirring for 2 minutes.
- Take pastry base out of the oven and pour thickened custard into base. Reduce oven to 160’C and bake tart until top of custard is slightly golden. Take out of the oven and let cool. Once cooled enough leave in the fridge for two hours. Then sprinkle cinnamon sugar over custard. The tart is best served cold.
Children especially love the filling as a dessert. South African Melktert or Milk Tart (Custard Pie). This popular South African milk tart qualifies as one of those quick and easy tarts to whip up in a pinch. And the best part - it is very comforting and great for the holiday season. The tart comes from a traditional south african recipe passed down from my grandma.
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