{"id":1076,"date":"2021-04-18T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T05:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2021-04-18T22:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T14:36:24","slug":"mini-melktert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/18\/mini-melktert\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Melktert (milk tart)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Download pdf<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Makes: <\/a>27 tartlets<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Time to make:<\/a> 60 mins<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(10 min prep shells, 20 min baking, cooling, custard prep, 10 min assembly, 20 min cooling)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in South Africa, enjoying melktert <\/em>was a tea-time treat for when we had visitors or a family birthday. Koljander<\/em> was the place our mother bought them and the enticing aroma of cinnamon and vanilla would fill the car during the drive home from school.
I was thrilled when I learned (30 years later) how easy it is to make. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve made tarts with biscuit bases, shortcrust, flan and even crustless, but my latest iteration is by far the yummiest – mini melktert nestled in puff pastry shells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/td>Method<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
– 3 sheets puff pastry<\/strong>
– 3 cups milk<\/strong> *<\/strong><\/span>
– 3 eggs<\/strong>
– 1 cup sugar<\/strong>
– 2\u00bd Tbsp cornflour<\/strong> **<\/span><\/strong>
– vanilla <\/strong>(1 tsp essence or \u00bd tsp ground)
– Pinch of salt<\/strong>
– Dusting of Cinnamon<\/strong>

Equipment
– Muffin trays
– Patty Pans
– Saucepans x 2
– Heat-resistant whisk
– Pizza cutter (not essential)<\/span>

Notes
*<\/strong> I haven’t tried it with plant milk<\/strong> yet. Avoid using coconut milk as it would change the flavour profile of the tart.

**<\/strong> I have read that some cooks have used arrowroot <\/strong>starch instead of cornflour, but I have not tested that.<\/span>

Shopping list:<\/strong>
– Milk
– Puff Pastry sheets
– Sugar
– Cornflour
– Eggs
– Vanilla
– Salt
– Cinnamon<\/td>		1. Pre-heat<\/strong> the oven to 200C

2. Line muffin trays<\/strong> with patty pans

3. Cut the puff pastry <\/strong>sheets into squares (3 x 3 making 9 squares per sheet).

4. Put squares into a patty pans<\/strong>.

5. Prick<\/strong> each tart base, using a fork.

6. Bake pastry shells<\/strong> until light golden (\u00b1 5-15 minutes)

7. Cool <\/strong>on a tray.

8. Heat the milk<\/strong> in one saucepan

9. Beat eggs <\/strong>in another saucepan

10. Add<\/strong> sugar, cornflour, vanilla and salt to the eggs and beat

11. Add the hot milk<\/strong> to the large saucepan and set the stove to medium heat<\/strong>.

12. Whisk constantly <\/strong>until it thickens (\u00b1 5 minutes in) and remove it from the heat immediately when it does.

13. Spoon <\/strong>the custard into the tart shells

14. Dust <\/strong>with cinnamon.

15. Cool <\/strong>uncovered before serving.

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Dust with cinnamon and allow to cool and set before serving.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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