DELICIOUS BAKED MILK TART
1 roll Puff Pastry, defrosted
1 piece of cinnamon or 2 -3 Pieces of dried naartjie peel
500 ml milk
75 ml sugar
pinch of salt
75 ml cake flour
15 ml butter
2 eggs, beaten
cinnamon or cinnamon sugar for sprinkling over
Line a pie dish with the puff pastry. Prick the base lightly with a fork and keep in the fridge until needed.
Preheat the oven to 220°C.
Place the cinnamon or naartjie peel and the milk in a pot and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and take out the seasoning.
Mix the sugar, salt and flour.
Slowly add a little of the hot milk and mix very well. Pour the flour mixture into the rest of the hot milk and return to the heat and simmer until the mixture is thick. Stir now and then.
Remove from the heat and stir in the butter. Allow to cool and stir in the beaten eggs.
Pour the filling into the pastry shell. Sprinkle with cinnamon or cinnamon sugar and bake for 10 minutes in a very hot oven. Reduce the heat to 180°C. and bake for another 20 – 25 minutes.
Recipe posted by Melissa Ann Vermeulen
Photo: Melissa Ann Vermeulen
