Aunty Sue's Milk Tart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 5 cups milk
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornflour (rounded)
• 6 eggs (separated)
• 2 tablespoons cake flour (rounded)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 for the pastry, cream the sugar and butter, add the egg and beat again.
• 2 add the flour and baking powder. mix until a soft dough is formed.
• 3 using your fingers, press the dough into the bottom and sides of 1 large or 2 small pie plates.
• 4 leave in fridge to cool.
• 5 for the filling, mix the sugar, egg yolks, flour, cornflour, salt and vanilla essence to a smooth paste in a small dish.
• 6 bring the milk to the boil.
• 7 add the flour paste slowly to the milk, whisking well to stop lumps.
• 8 take the pot off the stove and add the butter.
• 9 beat the egg whites stiffly and fold into this custard mixture.
• 10 pour the filling into the pie crusts.
• 11 bake at 180°c for about 25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
• 12 sprinkle with cinnamon and allow to cool completely, allowing the filling to set.