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Delicious Old fashioned Milk Tart - Simply the best
Irene Muller

Simply Delicious South African Milk Tart

A quick and easy recipe to bake the yummiest creamy, custard filled sweet pastry tart.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert, Tea Time
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

For the Crust

  • 2 cups flour
  • 250g butter must be cold
  • 1 egg well beaten
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp baking powder

For the Filling

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 liter milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla or almond essence the almond essence gives the true taste to a delicious milktart
  • cinnemon sugar or roast coconut to sprinkle at the end

For the Filling

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 liter milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs beaten together
  • 1 tsp vanilla or almond essence
  • cinnemon sugar or roast coconut to sprinkle at the end

Equipment

  • Oven dish

Method
 

For the Crust

  1. Preheat the oven to  200ºC
    Ingredients for Milktart
  2. Preheat oven to 200°C.
  3. Slice the cold butter thinly, then add sugar, ice water and egg.
  4. Sift over the flour and baking powder and gently rub together with fingertips until a soft dough forms.
  5. Chill for 20–30 minutes.
  6. Roll out to about 4–5mm thick and line a 1-litre ovenproof dish (or two small tart tins). Alternatively, press dough evenly into the dish. Prick the base with a fork.

For the Filling

  1. Rub the butter, salt, sugar and flour together with your finger tips until crumbed.
  2. Place the milk in a saucepan and bring the milk to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Very slowly add the crumbs to the hot milk, little by little, stirring with a egg whisk. Be careful not to burn the milk or to work too quickly as it can form lumps.
  3. Remove from the heat. Add a little of the hot milk mixture to the 3 beaten eggs to warm it up, mix, then add the beaten eggs to the warm milk custard and mix well.
  4. When cooled and add 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond essence and mix well again.
  5. Place the mixture in the prepared dish and bake for 10 minutes.
  6. When cooled, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or coconut.