Melktert (Milk Tart)
By: sandra steyn
Published: Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 8:48am

Ingredients




BASE:
1/2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 tablespoon Butter
1 Egg
1 tablespoon sugar
FILLING:
4 cups milk
3 Eggs
2 tablespoons Flour
2 tablespoons Corn Starch
3 tablespoons Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. 2 Base: Sift together the dry ingredients and rub in the butter. 3 Add the rest of the ingrdients and mix well. 4 Spread in pie bowl and bake till brown. 5 Filling: Bring milk to the boil. 6 Beat the egg well and add the sugar. 7 Add the flour, corn starch and salt to the egg mixture. 8 Mix well. 9 Add to the boiling milk. 10 Boil slowly for 2-3 minutes. 11 Add the butter and allow to boil. 12 Add the vanilla essence and pour onto base, allow to cool in the fridge.