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Lettie’s Milk Tart

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  • Author: EsmeSalon
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 12 servings depending on size 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Easy
  • Cuisine: South African

Description

This Creamy South African Milk Tart Tastes Like Home in Every Bite


Ingredients

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  • 6 large eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 5 heaped tablespoons flour
  • 5 heaped tablespoons Maizena (cornflour)
  • 9 cups milk
  • Ground cinnamon (for topping)

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
  2. Add the flour and Maizena. Mix until there are no lumps left.
  3. In a big pot, heat the milk.
  4. Before it boils, scoop out 2 cups of the warm milk and slowly stir it into the egg mixture to loosen it up.
  5. Once the milk in the pot starts boiling, lower the heat to medium.
  6. Slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot milk while whisking non-stop.
  7. Keep stirring for 5 minutes as it thickens into a silky custard.
  8. Pour into a dish and smooth it out.
  9. Dust the top with cinnamon. Let it cool and set.

Why You’ll Love It

This milk tart is rich, silky, and not overly sweet. The cinnamon gives it a cozy finish, and it’s made with simple ingredients you probably already have. It’s perfect served cold, and even better the next day.

Let this old-school favorite become a new go-to in your dessert lineup.


Notes

Created, prepared, tried, and tested by Jane Nepgen.  My mother-in-law FINALLY gave me this recipe a month before she passed away, after 17 years of refusing to share. I really appreciate that she did!

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