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Traditional Smooth Milk Tart Recipe (Simple Fridge Dessert)
Irene Muller

Traditional Smooth Milk Tart Recipe (Simple Fridge Dessert)

"A slice of milk tart is more than dessert – it’s a taste of comfort, tradition, and sweet cinnamon memories."
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Filling
  • 1 litre Milk
  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Corn Flour
  • 3 tbsp Cake Flour
  • ½ tbsp Custard Powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 1 Packet Biscuits of your choice
  • Cinnamon Sugar to taste

For the Crust (optional)

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Packet Tennis Biscuits crushed

Method
 

For the Crust (optional)

  1. Melt 1 cup butter and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon then mix it with the packet of crushed Tennis biscuits.
    Ingredients for Milk Tart
  2. Press it into a greased pie dish at the bottom and on to the sides then refrigerate for a few hours before you make your Milk Tart mix.

For the Filling

  1. Prepare your dish for the milk tart by arranging the biscuits at the bottom and on the sides of the dish.
  2. Beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy and light.
  3. Make a mixture in a cup with the corn flour, flour, custard powder, salt and vanilla with a little of the milk so as to not form lumps.
  4. Pour milk and the butter in saucepan and bring to boil.  Be careful not to burn the milk.
  5. Add the corn flour mixture and lastly the eggs and sugar. 
  6. Place back on extremely low heat and constantly mix with a whisk while you let it simmer for at least 10 minutes until thickened and completely cooked. Be careful to not let it burn. If not thick enough, add a tablespoon of corn flour mixed with a little milk. 
  7. Keep whisking until the sauce is blended and smooth.
  8. Simmer for another three to four minutes, whisking frequently. The mixture should have the consistency of a thick sauce.
  9. Pour in prepared dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. 
  10. When cool, place in refrigerator for 1 hour or longer.