South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert"). "My 'ouma' South African grandmother's legendary milk tart. The recipe is a real winner. All Reviews for South African Melktert (Milk Tart).
Today she's writing about Melktert, or South African Milk Tart, one of my favorite desserts from South Africa. Creamy and sweet, melktert is a South African dessert consisting of a pastry crust filled with a combination of sugar, flour, eggs, and milk. The name melktert means milk tart. You can have South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert") using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert")
- You need 1 liter of Milk.
- You need 1 can of Condensed Milk ( sweetened).
- You need 3 large of Eggs.
- You need 1/4 tsp of Salt.
- It's 1 1/2 tbsp of Cake wheat flour.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Maizena.
- It's 1 tbsp of Custard powder.
- It's 1 tsp of Vanilla extract.
- It's 200 grams of Tennis biscuits.
- You need 125 grams of Margarine.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Margarine.
- It's 1 dash of Cinnamon.
The dish can be served either hot or cold, and it is recommended to sprinkle it with powdered cinnamon or cinnamon. Melktert (/ˈmɛlktɛrt/, Afrikaans for milk tart) is an Afrikaner dessert consisting of a sweet pastry crust containing a custard filling made from milk, flour, sugar and eggs. The ratio of milk to eggs is higher than in a traditional Portuguese custard tart or Chinese egg tart. The tart comes from a traditional south african recipe passed down from my grandma.
South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert") step by step
- Bring milk, 1 tablespoon margarine and condensed milk to a boil..
- Mix eggs and salt together.
- Add cake wheat flour, maizena, custard powder and vanilla essence to egg mixture.
- Add egg mixture to milk mixture on stove. Bring mixture to boil untill thick. (Watch out... burns easily).
- Prepare crust. Crush biscuits and add 125g molten margarine to biscuits. Roll and flatten crust in bowl.
- Pour mixture over crust and sprinkle with cinnamon. Let cool and enjoy..
Its a decadent dish that is creamy with a hint of cinnamon sugar on top. Its similar in texture to a custard but has a little something extra from the sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top. South African Melktert - Milk Tart. This monsoon try making a lip smacking South African Dessert "Melktert" / Milk Trat. Learn how to make eggless Milk Tart By Megha Joshi ony on India Food.