Milktart

Name: Milktart
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 2 cup flour; 1 eggs; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 tsp Baking powder; 125 g butter; pinch salt; 4 1/2 cup milk; 2 1/2 Tbs cornflour maizena; 1 cup sugar; 3 eggs; pinch salt; 2 1/2 Tbs flour; 1 tsp vanilla essence; one butter

6 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 35 mins

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A sweet and spicy all time South African favourite.

By Food24 August 04 2010

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Ingredients (14)

PASTRY:

2 cup	flour
1	eggs
1/2 cup	sugar
2 tsp	Baking powder
125 g	butter
pinch	salt

FILLING:

4 1/2 cup	milk
2 1/2 Tbs	cornflour — maizena
1 cup	sugar
3	eggs
pinch	salt
2 1/2 Tbs	flour
1 tsp	vanilla — essence
one	butter

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Method:

Pastry:
Cream butter and sugar well together.
Add the egg.
Beat well.
Add all other ingredients, making a stiff dough.
Press into one or two round cake tins/pie dishes.
Bake at 180 until light brown.

Filling:
Bring milk to the boil.
Beat eggs well
Add sugar, flour, corn flour and salt to the eggs.
Mix well.
Pour boiling milk into the mixture and stir well.
Return to stove and stir well until mixture thickens.
Add butter and vanilla essence and pour into cooked pastry shell.
To decorate, sprinkle with cinnamon.

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