South African Milk Tart / Melktert
South African Milk Tart / Melktert

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"My 'ouma' South African grandmother's legendary milk tart. The recipe is a real winner. It is a traditional South African tart that is very easy to prepare." Melktert, also known as South African Milk Tart, is a delicate but decadent dessert.

South African Milk Tart / Melktert is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. South African Milk Tart / Melktert is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook south african milk tart / melktert using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make South African Milk Tart / Melktert:
  1. Get 200 g butter
  2. Make ready 200 g sugar
  3. Prepare 200 g muesli
  4. Take 500 g plain flour
  5. Make ready Custard
  6. Make ready 1.5 l whole milk
  7. Get 45 g cornflour
  8. Make ready 45 g plain flour
  9. Take 3 eggs
  10. Make ready 1 vanilla pod
  11. Take 100 g sugar
  12. Take 1 Tbs butter
  13. Get 1 vanilla pod

Its a decadent dish that is creamy with a hint of cinnamon sugar on top. Its similar in texture to a custard but has a little something extra from the sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top. South African Melktert - Milk Tart. Milk Tart is such a well loved traditional South African dessert that there is even a National Milk Tart day.

Instructions to make South African Milk Tart / Melktert:
  1. Preheat oven to 180’C
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Yes, that's really a thing in South Africa because we really love our old fashioned milk tart or 'melktert'. Whether you know it as old fashioned custard pie, custard tart. Melktert (/ˈmɛlktɛrt/, Afrikaans for milk tart) is an Afrikaner dessert consisting of a sweet pastry crust containing a custard filling made from milk, flour, sugar and eggs. The ratio of milk to eggs is higher than in a traditional Portuguese custard tart or Chinese egg tart. Creamy and sweet, melktert is a South African dessert consisting of a pastry crust filled with a combination of sugar, flour, eggs, and milk.

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