
Milk Tart Recipe
If there is one popular South African dessert that is always perfect for entertaining, it has got to be a milk tart! There’s no better afternoon tea time treat than this.
Recipe by: Tahila Pillay
Ingredients:
- Crust:
- 120g Butter
- 50g Sugar
- 1/2 Egg
- 180g Flour, sifted
- 1tsp Vanilla Paste
- 1/2tsp Royal Baking Powder
- Filling:
- 3 Cups Milk
- 30g Butter
- 30ml Cornflour
- 30ml Cake flour
- 1tsp Vanilla Paste
- 2 drops Almond Essence
- 2 Eggs
How To Make Milk Tart Recipe
- Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, then add in 1/2 egg, Vanilla paste and cream again.
- Add in the sifted flour and Royal Baking Powder.
- Mix until a soft dough has formed.
- Chill in the fridge for half an hour then roll out the dough/ press the dough into a 22cm round baking dish.
- Dock the pastry (lightly prick holes but not all the way through the pastry) using a fork.
- Blind bake for 10 minutes at 180’C, then remove the baking beans and bake for a further 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
- In a bowl, whisk together 1 cup of the milk with the Corn flour, Cake Flour, Vanilla Paste, Almond Essence and Eggs. Set aside.
- In a medium pot, heat up the remaining 2 Cups of milk and the butter.
- Once the butter has melted and the milk is hot, slowly pour the hot mixture into the egg mixture while whisking continuously to make sure the eggs don’t scramble.
- Once you have mixed everything together, return the mixture to the pot and cook on medium heat until the mixture has thickened.
- Make sure to continuously whisk to avoid lumps! This may take up to 10 minutes to thicken.
- Once the mixture has thickened, remove from the heat and quickly pour into the baked base.
- Dust generously with Cinnamon and allow to set in the fridge for a couple of hours before slicing into it.