Jou Ma Se Melktert

 I’ve made this relatively often at work for dessert.

It is good in the way old fashioned milk tart should be.

Crust

Mix until a soft dough forms:  

  500ml cakeflour  

  2ml salt  

  5ml baking powder  

  60ml sugar  

  150g softened butter  

  2 eggs

Press into two greased 260mm pie plates

Filling

Scald  

  1.5ml milk

  2 cinnamon sticks

Mix together

  200g cake flour

  500ml milk

Add to hot milk, cook until thickened.

Mix in

   125g butter

   200g sugar

   10ml vanilla essence

Temper and then mix in

   8 egg yolks

   10ml baking powder

Beat to soft peaks

   8 egg whites

Fold into milk mixture
Pour into prepared pie pans

Bake at 200C for 15-18 minutes

Allow to cool in oven for 10 minutes

Makes 2 melktert