South African Cooking

Milk Tart

 

Ingredients – pastry:

2 cups flour
1 egg
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
125g butter
pinch of salt

 

Method – pastry:

1. Cream butter and sugar well together and add the egg, before beating well.

2. Add all other ingredients – making a stiff dough.

3. 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:

1. Bring milk to the boil.

2. Beat eggs well and add sugar, flour, cornflour and salt.

3. Mix well.

4. Pour boiling milk into the mixture and stir well.

5. Return to stove and stir well until mixture thickens.

6. Add butter and vanilla essence and pour into cooked shell.

7. Allow to cool in the fridge (you do not need to cook the tart any further)

8. To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.