Melktert

Name: Melktert
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 250 g/8 oz puff or flaky pastry; 250 g/8 oz puff or flaky pastry; 4 cm/1½ inches cinnamon stick; 1 litre/ 36 fl oz milk; 50 g/2 oz/½ stick unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon rosewater; 2 to 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 2 tablespoons cornflour

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Melktert, one of the classics of the South African kitchen, translates as ‘milk tart’, but it is more like a custard tart. The flavours of cinnamon and rosewater hint that the dish probably came originally from the Cape Malay tradition.

Ingredients

250 g/8 oz puff or flaky pastry
1 litre/

Africa
South Africa
Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Line a 20 cm/8 inch quiche dish, or deep pie plate with the pastry. Scald the milk with the cinnamon stick and then remove the cinnamon. Stir in the butter and rosewater and thicken the milk with the cornf