Easiest Way to Make Delicious South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert")

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Today she's writing about Melktert, or South African Milk Tart, one of my favorite desserts from South Africa.

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.

You can have South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert") using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert")

1. Prepare 1 liter of Milk.

2. You need 1 can of Condensed Milk ( sweetened).

3. You need 3 large of Eggs.

4. It’s 1/4 tsp of Salt.

5. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of Cake wheat flour.

6. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Maizena.

7. It’s 1 tbsp of Custard powder.

8. You need 1 tsp of Vanilla extract.

9. It’s 200 grams of Tennis biscuits.

10. It’s 125 grams of Margarine.

11. You need 1 tbsp of Margarine.

12. You need 1 dash of Cinnamon.

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.

The dish can be served either hot or cold, and it is recommended to sprinkle it with powdered cinnamon or cinnamon.

This legendary melktert (milk tart) recipe from 'Ouma' is the one and only and simply the best.

South Africa Milk Tart ("Melktert") step by step

1. Bring milk, 1 tablespoon margarine and condensed milk to a boil..

2. Mix eggs and salt together.

3. Add cake wheat flour, maizena, custard powder and vanilla essence to egg mixture.

4. Add egg mixture to milk mixture on stove. Bring mixture to boil untill thick. (Watch out… burns easily).

5. Prepare crust. Crush biscuits and add 125g molten margarine to biscuits. Roll and flatten crust in bowl.

6. Pour mixture over crust and sprinkle with cinnamon. Let cool and enjoy..

A delicious, classic South African recipe and a favourite dessert and comfort food!

Enjoy your lekker milk tart with the family or just eat it all by yourself!

Milk Tart is such a well loved traditional South African dessert that there is even a National Milk Tart day.

Yes, that's really a thing in South Africa because we really love our old fashioned milk tart or 'melktert'.

Whether you know it as old fashioned custard pie, custard tart, egg custard tart or egg.