Milk Tart Melk Tert Recipes

SOUTH AFRICAN MILK TART

Steps:

• Cream the butter and add the sugar. Beat in the egg and almond extract. Stir in the flour and salt. Knead until a soft dough has formed. Chill for 10 minutes.
• Roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and layer it into a greased pie dish. Cover with a sheet of parchment paper and fill the void with pie weights. Bake blind at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove parchment and pie weights. Allow crust to cool completely on a wire rack.
• In a heat proof bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, cornstarch, flour and vanilla. Set aside.
• In a medium size saucepan, heat the milk and butter at medium setting. Do not bring to a rolling boil.
• Add about a fourth of the milk to the egg mixture, whisking to incorporate it evenly. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan with the remainder of the milk. Return to heat and stir constantly until it thickens. Do not boil!
• Pour the filling into the pie crust and let cool completely. Refrigerate until serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon before serving.

SOUTH AFRICAN MELKTERT (MILKTART)

Steps:

• Heat 3 cups of milk to boiling point.
• Mix remaining milk, flour, sugar, extracts, salt and egg yolks together and add to hot milk.
• Cook until very thick and remove from stove.
• Whisk egg whites to stiff peak stage and add to milk mixture after it has been off the stove for 5 minutes.
• Stir in margarine and pour mixture into ready-made pie shells.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Refrigerate to cool and set.

SOUTH AFRICAN MILK TART

Steps:

• Make the pastry according to recipe instructions then blind bake until golden brown and crisp. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• To make the filling, heat the milk, cream, vanilla, almond extract and nutmeg in a saucepan over medium heat.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, sugar, flours and salt.
• Once the milk is hot, whisk two ladles full of the milk into the egg mixture to temper the eggs.
• Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan and cook until thickened, whisking continuously. Cook the custard for 2-3 minutes until thick and smooth.
• Pass the custard through a fine-mesh sieve. Beat in the butter.
• Pour the custard into the prepared crust. Spray a piece of parchment paper with cooking spray then press onto the surface of the custard to avoid a skin from forming.
• Place the milk tart in the fridge and allow to set for at least 4 hours but ideally overnight.
• Before serving, dust the cinnamon over the milk tart. Slice and serve.

MELKTERT (MILK TART)

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg.
• Add dry ingredients and mix well to form a smooth dough.
• Press into greased pie plate.
• Bake at 350F/180C for approximately 20 minutes or until golden.
• Boil milk, sugar and butter.
• Beat eggs with dry ingredients.
• Pour hot mixture over cold and mix well. Add vanilla essence.
• Allow to thicken on the stove.
• Pour filling into pastry-lined pie dish. Allow to cool and then sprinkle with cinnamon.

SOUTH AFRICAN MELKTERT (MILK TART)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a 9 inch deep dish pie plate with vegetable oil cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg yolks and beat until light and fluffy. Sift in the cake flour, baking powder and salt, and stir until well blended. Mix in the vanilla and milk. In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites to stiff peaks using an electric mixer. Fold into the batter. Pour into the prepared pie plate, and sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce the temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Continue to bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the center is set when you gently jiggle the pie. Serve hot or cold.

MILK TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium mixing bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar. Add 1 egg and beat until mixture is smooth. In a separate bowl, mix together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixture just until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Press mixture into bottom and sides of two 9-inch pie pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.
• In a large saucepan, combine milk, vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then remove from burner.
• In a separate bowl, mix together 2 1/2 tablespoons flour, cornstarch, and 1/2 cup sugar. Add beaten eggs to sugar mixture and whisk until smooth. Slowly whisk mixture into milk. Return pan to heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 5 minutes. Pour half of mixture into each pastry shell. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Chill before serving.

MILK TART (MELK TERT)

Steps:

• Crust :.
• Cream butter and sugar and add egg. Mix in dry ingredients. Line shells evenly, fluting the edges. Bake until golden brown in colour on 350degrees F / 180degrees Celsius.
• Filling:.
• Beat eggs, sugar, flour, maizena (cornstarch), salt until smooth. Set to the side.
• In a non stick pot, bring the milk to an almost boil(until you see tiny bubbles on the side of the pot (inside). Remove from stove, but don't turn off stove, add egg mixture, stirring in a gentle figure of 8 - put back onto stove, using a whisk continue stirring until mixture starts to thicken - take pot off the stove, then, add butter - whisking gently ensuring all butter is melted, - lastly adding the vanilla essence. Stir in gently.
• The shells should still be rather warm when the filling is poured into them. The filling doesn't have to be cooled down prior to filling the shell.
• Once shells are filled with the filling, sprinkle liberally with cinnamon.
• The left over filling (if there is any) can be enjoyed poured over vanilla ice cream with a sprinkle of cinnamon for a "dessert".
• Enjoy!
• Please note that the cooking time may vary and this is an approximate "time" for cooking and preparation.