Grandma's Melk Tert (south African Custard Tart)

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ready-made pie crust
• 2 1/2 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cornflour
• 2 eggs
• 5 ml vanilla extract
• 500 ml whole milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 30 g butter
• cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour and cornflour into a large heatproof bowl.
• 2 stir in the eggs and vanilla extract.
• 3 put to one side.
• 4 on the hob, place a large pot onto medium heat.
• 5 pour in the milk, sugar and butter.
• 6 stir over the heat until the sugar and butter has completely dissolved and melted.
• 7 pour the milk mixture into the bowl slowly so you don't cook the eggs, stirring constantly.
• 8 pour the combined mixture back into the pot and return to the heat.
• 9 stir continuously until the mixture becomes thick (like the consistancy of meringue - it sort of all comes together suddenly).
• 10 remove from the heat and pour immediately into the pastry case.
• 11 smooth it out so that it is level.
• 12 dust with cinnamon.
• 13 leave to cool, and then store in the fridge until you can't stand it any longer and must have a slice!