Milk Tart/ Melktrt

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Milk tart or melktrt is a famous tea time snack in South Africa. This recipe is  from one of Julie Duff's book on cakes with minor changes. This is a no bake tart pretty easy to make.

Ingredients:(Serves 8)
Pastry
all purpose flour    -     2 cups             
egg                         -     1                      
granulated sugar    -    ½ cup             
baking powder       -      2 tsp.             
butter, grated          -      125g.              
pinch of salt

Filling
all purpose flour -   2 ½ tbsp. 
 milk                   -   4 ½ cups          
cornflour            -   2 ½ tbsp.          
sugar                  -      1 cup             
eggs                   -     3
vanilla essence  -    1 tsp.
softened butter    -  1 tbsp.           
pinch of salt
            
Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
2. Cream butter and sugar well together add the egg and beat well.Add remaining ingredients and knead lightly to form a stiff dough.
3. Line one or two round cake tins/tart pans (using a fork prick the dough all over to prevent it from rising too much) and bake for 15 mins. or until light brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
4. Bring milk to the boil. Meanwhile beat the eggs well and gradually add sugar, flour, cornflour and salt and mix well.
5. Pour this mixture into the  boiling milk  and stir well on low flame until mixture thickens. Add butter and vanilla essence.
6. Pour this milk mixture into the cooked pastry shell.
7. Allow to cool and set in the fridge.(takes 1 to 2 hrs.)
8. Sprinkle the cooled tart with cinnamon and Serve!