Melktert / Milk Tart

Traditional South African Milk Tart – “Ouma se Melktert” – traditional recipe.

Ingredients

Crust

• 125g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons oil
• Vanilla essence

Filling

• 1 litre milk
• 6 eggs
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 105g Mezina (corn-flour)
• 100g flour
• 3/4 teaspoon almond essence
• Salt

Method

Crust

1. Cream butter and sugar
2. Add oil
3. Add egg
4. Add essence (no earlier, no later)
5. Finish off by adding flour, baking powder and salt.

Filling

1. Boil milk and add butter.
2. Add flour and Mezina (that has been mixed in to a thin paste with a little of the above milk)
3. Split egg yolk and white
4. Whip egg yolk and sugar then add to milk
5. Whip egg white, but not too stiff
6. Add to mixture
7. Add almond essence.

Final

Bake in crust for 15 – 17 minutes at 204C – 230C

Notes: I’ve not made this specific recipe myself yet – just copied it.