Milk Tart
Ingredients
Flour Base
- 6 oz (170g) Flour
- 1 oz (28g) Sugar
- 3 oz (85g) Margerine
- pinch of salt
Biscuit Base (alternative)
- 1 Packet of sweet biscuits (Digestive or Gingernut)
- Margerine
Filling
- 3 cups of Milk
- 2 tblsp Margerine
- 3 Eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tblsp Flour
- 1 tblsp Corn Flour
Method
Flour Base
- Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C)
- Melt the margerine
- Mix the flour, sugar, pinch of salt and margerine together
- Grease a pie dish
- Press the mixture into the dish forming a pie base
- Bake for about 10min
- leave to cool
Biscuit Base (alternative)
- Grease a pie dish in preparation
- Crush biscuits finely
- Melt some margerine
- Mix biscuits and margerine to form a stiff mixture
- Press the mixture into the pie dish to form a base
- Place base into fridge to set
Filling (for 3 tarts)
- Add 3 cups of milk and the margerine to a saucepan and heat
- Separate the eggs
- Beat the egg whites
- Add the yolks to the whites and beat
- Add the sugar to the eggs and beat
- Mix the flour and cornflour with a little milk
- Add the flour to the egg and sugar mix
- Add all to the milk and stir it in
- Heat again until the mixture thickens
- Pour into the pastry case
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and allow to cool before serving