Milk Tart

[Hettie Steenkamp]

Milk Tart (serves 8)

A homemade South African melktert is always a winner. Whether you need dessert for your dinner party, a cake for a special occasion or simply just a slice of something sweet with your afternoon cup of tea – this easy melktert recipe will sort you out.

Ingredients – pastry:

2 cups flour

1 egg

½ cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

125g butter

pinch of salt

Method – 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 and bake at 180°C until light brown.

Ingredients – 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

Method – filling:

Bring milk to the 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 well until mixture thickens.

Add butter and vanilla essence and 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.

[LeslieDean]

I have never heard of this and I can not think of what it might be similar to. So please send me two!

[Miss Mouse]

They are delicious Leslie but not a Low Carb Weight Watchers special that's for sure.......my mom was an excellent cook ( German Mennonite background ) she always made these ......

THANKS for the post Hettie

Edited July 11, 2015 by Miss Mouse

[shali]

Does anyone know what 180 Celsius equals in Fahrenheit?

[Musky]

Does anyone know what 180 Celsius equals in Fahrenheit?

356° F

[shali]

356° F

Why wasn't I surprised that you answered that question?  Funny how exact that is.  

[Musky]

I am to please ma'am.

[Tortuga]

Does anyone know what 180 Celsius equals in Fahrenheit?

I see an opportunity for a quick math lesson..

 

Multiply Celsius by 1.8 and add 32.

 

Fahrenheit uses 180 divisions between  freezing and boiling and freezing is 32 degrees

Celsius uses only 100 divisions between freezing and boiling and starts at zero.

[Omoyeme]

I did a bit of research and this looks goooood!!  I'll have to try this one evening.  The Afrikaans term is melktert.

 

 

[LeslieDean]

It looks like a custard pie!