Sunday Afternoon - Milk Tart

My mom use to make milk tart on sundays with koeksisters to sell.

Her milk tart was the best and everyone spoke about it.

Today I tried making milk tart but it is nothing like hers but it’s pretty close and my daughter loved the crust.

I got the recipe from Just easy recipes.

Pastry:

2 cups flour

1 egg

½ cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

125g butter

pinch of salt

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

INSTRUCTIONS

Pastry:

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

Add all other ingredients – making a stiff dough.

Press into one or two round cake tins/pie dishes.

Bake blind for 15 minutes at 180°C (use wax paper to cover the pastry and place dry beans/rice over the paper to weight the pastry down). Then remove the paper and beans/rice and bake for an additional 5 minutes until light brown.

Filling:

Bring milk to a gentle boil.

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

Mix well.

Pour mixture into milk and stir well.

Return to stove and stir for 10-12 minutes on medium heat until the mixture thickens.

Add butter and vanilla essence and mix through, then pour into cooked shell.

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

To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.