Milk Tart (Melk Tert) Recipe

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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
709
Calories
Total time
240
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup sugar (original measurement altered due to the fineness of our here compared to south africa)
  • 4 oz butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp flour

Directions:

  1. Crust :.
  2. 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.
  3. Filling:.
  4. Beat eggs, sugar, flour, maizena (cornstarch), salt until smooth. Set to the side.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Once shells are filled with the filling, sprinkle liberally with cinnamon.
  8. The left over filling (if there is any) can be enjoyed poured over vanilla ice cream with a sprinkle of cinnamon for a dessert .
  9. Enjoy!
  10. Please note that the cooking time may vary and this is an approximate time for cooking and preparation.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 708.51 Kcal (2966 kJ)
Calories from fat 335.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.23g 57%
Cholesterol 177.39mg 59%
Sodium 1371.64mg 57%
Potassium 319.67mg 7%
Total Carbs 76.8g 26%
Sugars 18.91g 76%
Dietary Fiber 6.02g 24%
Protein 16.87g 34%
Vitamin A 1mg 32%
Iron 4.1mg 23%
Calcium 479.4mg 48%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 215.16 Kcal (901 kJ)
Calories from fat 101.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.31g 57%
Cholesterol 53.87mg 59%
Sodium 416.54mg 57%
Potassium 97.08mg 7%
Total Carbs 23.32g 26%
Sugars 5.74g 76%
Dietary Fiber 1.83g 24%
Protein 5.12g 34%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 32%
Iron 1.3mg 23%
Calcium 145.6mg 48%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 16.5
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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