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.
- To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.
(21, 3.95/5)
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The best milk tart ever!!
I know this recipe is sublime, tried and tested!
this recipe produced the best milk tart i have ever eaten. i am aware of sugar and i halfed the sugar recommended and the tart is still fantastic. better than my mother’s who has been baking milk tarts for more than 30 yrs. thank you
WOW, that was an awesome milk tart. Very easy to make and it tastes great. I am not some great baker but even I could easily make it to a great product!!!!
I am South African but live in Florida, USA. Nice to have something that tastes like home…..
WOW! This recipe made me feel like a PRO
My friends and family still cannot believe that I made an awesome milk tart….
I will attempt to make this for my South African boyfriend! If I buy already made pastry would it be shortcrust?
Thanks
2 words. . . .YUM YUM!
Love the recipe. Either I did something wrong, or did what im supposed to do, but turns out you can make 2 milk tarts with this recipe. Oh, and just a tip for the newbies (because this was my 1st attempt at making a milk tart…ever) make the base thin, because it raises and looks like a cake if u make it too thick
Yes you need to buy shortcrust pastry!