Name: South African Milk Tart Recipe By Simply Delicious Food
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: South African Recipes
Ingredients: 5 ½ cups flour; ⅓ cup icing / powdered sugar; ½ cup cold butter cubed; 1 egg yolk; 1-2 tbsp ice water; 2 cups milk; ½ cup heavy / whipping cream; 5 egg yolks; ¾ cup sugar; 10 ½ tbsp cornstarch / cornflour; 2 tbsp flour; 2 tbsp salted butter (alternatively use unsalted butter and 1/2 tsp salt); ½ tsp almond extract; ½ tsp vanilla extract; pinch of nutmeg; 2 tsp cinnamon

Milk tart with creamy filling and a homemade crust is a South African classic. Perfect as dessert or served for tea time.

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

South African Milk Tart Recipe By Simply Delicious Food

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time30 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time1 hr

Milk tart (or Melk Tert) is a South African dessert pie. A sweet pastry crust is filled with a custard filling and topped with a generous dusting of cinnamon. Some milk tart recipes call for the custard to be baked but my favorite version is unbaked custard gently flavored with almond extract, vanilla and nutmeg set in a flaky pie crust. If you love custard-based pies, you will LOVE milk tart.

For the crust

5 ½ cups flour

⅓ cup icing / powdered sugar

½ cup cold butter cubed

1 egg yolk

1-2 tbsp ice water

For the filling

2 cups milk

½ cup heavy / whipping cream

5 egg yolks

¾ cup sugar

10 ½ tbsp cornstarch / cornflour