Milk tart - It was delicious !!!!! Easy to make and a crowd pleaser !!!. Today I am sharing this Milk tart! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 35 minutes! A South Africa native brought a Milk Tart to a potluck I attended several years ago. I was intriqued then and happy that this recipe tastes exactly like I remember his did. 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. Melkterts, roughly translated into milk tarts from Afrikaans, is a South African treat mostly consisting of a pastry stuffed with a creamy filling made from milk, sugar, flour, and eggs. See more ideas about Milk tart, Melktert, Sweet tarts.
Portuguese Milk Tarts, Queijadas de Leite, are a sweet, creamy, traditional Portuguese dessert recipe made with simple ingredients.
Subject to personal taste, this is in my opinion the original South African Milk tart. (Melktert) Baked crust and a filling that does not require baking.
I always thought milk tart was one of those South African dishes that was difficult to make.
You can cook Milk tart with 17 Ingredients and 9 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Milk tart:
- Crust.
- 60 g butter, melted.
- 1 egg.
- 15 ml water.
- 125 g flour.
- 5 ml baking powder.
- Pinch salt.
- Filling.
- 60 g butter, melted.
- 45 g flour.
- 5 ml custard powder.
- Pinch salt.
- 250 ml milk.
- 125 ml sugar.
- 2 eggs, separated.
- Garnish.
- As needed cinnamon, ground.
I mean it involved making pastry and baking blind and boiling milk and all those scary things. Melktert, also known as South African Milk Tart, is a delicate but decadent dessert. With a flaky crust and topped with a generous dusting of cinnamon, this tart is creamy and luxurious — a traditional. Milk tart is a South African favourite for tea, birthday parties or just after dinner dessert.
Step by step how to cook Milk tart:
- For crust: In a bowl mix together melted butter, egg and water. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix together to make soft dough..
- Press in tart tin about 0.5cm thick. Bake in 180°C preheated oven for 10 minutes..
- For filling: Bring milk and sugar to a boil in a pot..
- Whisk melted butter, flour, egg yolk, salt and custard powder to make flour paste.
- Add 1/3 of hot milk to flour paste and whisk to avoid lumps..
- Return to heat and whisk continuously till it thickens. Remove from heat when it is thick..
- In a separate bowl whisk egg whites to soft peak. Fold egg whites into custard..
- Pour custard into tart shell and bake for 20-30 minutes until set in preheated 180°C oven.
- Let cool completely and dust with ground cinnamon. Enjoy with tea.
It is generally served in slices of a greater pie but can be made into smaller individual pies and even bite-size tartlets. How to make a milk tart.the use of gelatine is optional, I use gelatine because I like the firmness IT gives the custard,you. Milk Tart (also known as Melktert) is a traditional South African dessert. The crust is a soft, cakey crust topped with a cinnamon infused milk custard. It is delicious and was one of my favorites that we tried.