South African milk tart

celestepereira
celestepereira @cook_3173133
Braga, Portugal

This recipe is a traditional South African milk tart. You may also use a puff pastry or normal pastry base. I opted for the crushed biscuit and butter base.

South African milk tart

This recipe is a traditional South African milk tart. You may also use a puff pastry or normal pastry base. I opted for the crushed biscuit and butter base.

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Ingredients

20 mins
8 servings
  1. 3 tbspmelted butter
  2. 3 1/2 cupmilk
  3. 2 cupcrushed biscuits (Marie or other)
  4. 2eggs
  5. 1/2 cupsugar
  6. 2 tbspflour (heaped)
  7. 2 tbspmaizena or other corn flour(heaped)
  8. 2 tbspbutter
  9. 1powdered cinnamon

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 1

    Mix crushed biscuits with the melted butter and press into a pie dish.

  2. 2

    Heat 3 cups milk with sugar and butter, setting aside the other 1/2 cup for later.

  3. 3

    Separate eggs, beat yolks and add to the milk.

  4. 4

    With the 1/2 cup milk which was set aside earlier, mix flour and maizena to a paste.

  5. 5

    Add to the mixture, always stirring.

  6. 6

    Remove from heat.

  7. 7

    Beat egg whites to a stiff peak, then fold into the milk mixture.

  8. 8

    Pour into crushed biscuit base, sprinkle with cinnamon.

  9. 9

    Allow to cool, and enjpy!

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Granny Pheladi Monyepao
Granny Pheladi Monyepao @cook_17065301
Wow tried this recipe its so great. Thanks for sharing

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