Description
This Creamy South African Milk Tart Tastes Like Home in Every Bite
Ingredients
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Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
- Add the flour and Maizena. Mix until there are no lumps left.
- In a big pot, heat the milk.
- Before it boils, scoop out 2 cups of the warm milk and slowly stir it into the egg mixture to loosen it up.
- Once the milk in the pot starts boiling, lower the heat to medium.
- Slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot milk while whisking non-stop.
- Keep stirring for 5 minutes as it thickens into a silky custard.
- Pour into a dish and smooth it out.
- 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!

