Milk tart

Name: Milk tart
Yield: 1 tart
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 60 g butter, melted; 1 egg; 15 ml water; 125 g flour; 5 ml baking powder; Pinch salt; 60 g butter, melted; 45 g flour; 5 ml custard powder; Pinch salt; 250 ml milk; 125 ml sugar; 2 eggs, separated; As needed cinnamon, ground

Shandré Goss-Ross @shandre

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

This is one of my favourite recipes my grandmother taught me. #mamataughtmewell

Shandré Goss-Ross @shandre

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

This is one of my favourite recipes my grandmother taught me. #mamataughtmewell

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Ingredients

1 tart

Crust
60 gbutter, melted
1egg
15 mlwater
125 gflour
5 mlbaking powder
Pinchsalt
Filling
60 gbutter, melted
45 gflour
5 mlcustard powder
Pinchsalt
250 mlmilk
125 mlsugar
2eggs, separated
Garnish
As neededcinnamon, ground

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Steps

1

For crust: In a bowl mix together melted butter, egg and water. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix together to make soft dough.
2

Press in tart tin about 0.5cm thick. Bake in 180°C preheated oven for 10 minutes.
3

For filling: Bring milk and sugar to a boil in a pot.
4

Whisk melted butter, flour, egg yolk, salt and custard powder to make flour paste
5

Add 1/3 of hot milk to flour paste and whisk to avoid lumps.
6

Return to heat and whisk continuously till it thickens. Remove from heat when it is thick.
7

In a separate bowl whisk egg whites to soft peak. Fold egg whites into custard.
8

Pour custard into tart shell and bake for 20-30 minutes until set in preheated 180°C oven
9

Let cool completely and dust with ground cinnamon. Enjoy with tea