22/11/2025
Milk Tart With a Tiny Glow-Up
Ingredients:
Pastry
• 125 g butter (room temp)
• 120 g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 250 g all-purpose flour
• 5 g baking powder (1 tsp)
• Lentils/beans for blind baking
Custard Filling
• 500 ml full-cream milk
• 125 ml cream
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 egg
• 100 g natural brown sugar
• 16 g flour
• 16 g cornstarch
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• Pinch of salt
• 20–25 g butter
• Ground cinnamon
Method
1. Pastry
– Cream butter + sugar. Add egg.
– Mix in flour + baking powder until soft dough forms.
– Knead lightly, press into tart tin, shape edges.
– Blind bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
2. Custard Filling
– Heat milk, cream + cinnamon stick to a gentle simmer.
– Whisk brown sugar, flour, cornstarch, vanilla, egg + salt.
– Slowly temper with warm milk, whisking constantly.
– Cook until thick and silky; stir in butter.
– Pour into pastry shell, sprinkle cinnamon, and cool to set.
Why You’ll Love This Milk Tart
• Authentic South African melktert flavour
• Richer custard thanks to brown sugar
• Perfect for braais, tea time, holidays, or Sunday desserts
• Easy, reliable, and beautifully nostalgic
