So Rebecca and Deanna asked about milk tart in the 29 gifts post. Milk tart is a South African staple but I've never made one. Have just found this easy recipe though so I may just take a bash at it one day when I'm 3 kg lighter!
Milk tart is absolutely delicious and yet so light that you can easily finish a whole tart between two people in one weekend.
Not that I know this from personal experience ;)
It has an almost-custardy filling with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Yummy!
It's the type of thing that everybody eats and if you take it as your contribution to any function, it WILL be gobbled up. I promise you!
An aside... A friend of mine moved from SA to Las Vegas (long story... she met a guy) and once took a milk tart to a party.
EVERYONE LOVED IT and started ordering them from her. South Africans, get this - she started charging them $20 (R150) to make one, which they were all gladly paying. We buy them here for about R20 which is why I love the story! Supply and demand in action LOL
This recipe and pic from Hulett's website
Crumb crust made with 1 packet of crushed Tennis biscuits (coconut biscuits/ cookies) and 125g butter, melted.
FILLING:
500ml (2 cups) milk
Piece of cinnamon stick
60 - 100ml Huletts White Sugar, depending on personal taste
2 eggs
45ml (3 Tablespoons) cornflour
45ml (3 Tablespoons) flour
3ml (½ teaspoon) vanilla essence
30ml (2 Tablespoons) butter
Cinnamon and sugar for sprinkling
Method
CRUST:
- Combine the crushed Tennis biscuits and the melted butter, and press into a pie dish.
- Heat the milk with the piece of stick cinnamon to just under boiling point.
- Meanwhile, lightly beat the eggs with the sugar, then add the cornflour and flour.
- Pour the hot milk onto this mixture, stirring rapidly. Return the mixture to the heat and cook, stirring till the mixture becomes very thick. Thorough stirring is important to prevent the mixture from catching on the bottom of the pan, and to prevent lumps.
- Off the heat, add the essence and add the butter. Stir well till the butter is melted.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tart crust. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
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okay, onto more fun things:
SHOPPING!!!!
We have an agreement where D does the grocery shopping while I do the laundry.
This works because he sticks to the list EXACTLY and we spend a lot less money this way.
However, I am apparently "too fussy" about the veggies for the babies' food so he told me I need to do the shop every second week.
Watch that grocery bill skyrocket.
Although secretly, I really don't mind - I can spend HOURS in the cleaning products aisle looking at all the new stuff.
Who does the grocery shopping in your house? And which is your favourite aisle?
