Best 5 South African Crustless Milk Tart Recipes

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTANT MILK TART

Steps:

• Stir graham cracker crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl; press firmly into a pie dish.
• Beat eggs and white sugar together in a bowl; mix in cornstarch and cake flour.
• Heat milk and cinnamon stick together in a saucepan until just under the boiling point, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour milk mixture into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Pour milk-egg mixture back into saucepan.
• Cook milk-egg mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 2 tablespoons butter and vanilla extract until completely incorporated.
• Pour milk mixture into prepared crust and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

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 CRUSTLESS MILK TART

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients together into a bowl or food processor and beat to a smooth batter.
• Pour into a buttered pie dish (approximately 23cm/9" in diameter, but it doesn't matter if it's not exact, the finished tart will just be either a bit deeper or shallower). Sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 175C / 350°F
• Serve warm or cold. It sinks and becomes denser as it cools. If you eat it hot you'll need a spoon to scoop up the soft custardy tart but cold you can pick up the slices in your hand, if it hasn't vanished long before then. :).

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.

CRUSTLESS MILK TART

Steps:

• Melt the butter, add the egg yolks and sugar.
• Beat with a fork.
• Add the dry ingredients and milk to the egg mixture.
• Stifly beat the egg whites, fold into the mix and blend well.
• Pour into an oven dish about 35x20cm- the mixture should be about 3cm deep.
• Bake at 160C for 45-60mins.
• It is lovely with cinnamon sprinkled on top before cooking.