What food do we all have in common as babies, no matter from which part of the world we come?
Mother's Milk of course.
As babies grow stronger, they are slowly weaned off nature's super-food and start drinking dairy milk - cow, goat, buffalo, and other animals. People who follow a plant-based diet would likely choose soy milk as that has proven to be the best for babies, but there are other products available as well.
Milk of course is widely used in cooking as well as baking, and really is versatile -
- white sauce and cheese sauce,
- creamy custard, and other milk-based desserts,
- beverages such as tea, coffee, and hot chocolate
- Ice cream, and milkshakes,
- Yogurt, and the list goes on and on!
Enough about the facts of life Milk and onto this week's @qurator's Qurator's: Hive Top Chef! | Milk
Let me just say if my world was not as crazy over Christmas and New Year, I would most certainly have made something with Powdered Sugar for last week's challenge, as that is one of my favourites!
One last request
Our son and his girlfriend leaves for the Netherlands in exactly a week from now, and while they were here to spend their last Christmas and New Year with us, as citizens of their country of birth, they asked me to teach them to make an old-time favourite that they call Ouma's Milk Tart, but we were too pooped and ran out of time.
I also call it Ouma's Milk Tart, as my Mom in turn was taught by her mother, who of course is my Ouma, to make Milk Tart.
Sounds confusing but I'm sure you know what I mean😉
I've told before of how I used to stand on a chair from a very young age and help Ouma and my Mom, both who used to bake Milk Tarts for all family occasions and happily baked a couple of dozen Milk Tarts for church Bazaars each year!
I in turn did the same when I was younger, but now only bake for family and friends.
This is nothing like the traditional South African Milk Tart which is a milky egg custard filling baked in a flaky pastry.
My Ouma's recipe makes a crispy shortcrust pastry base which is filled with a delicious cooked fluffy egg custard filling topped with a sprinkling of cinnamon.
The beauty of this recipe is that the baked pastry cases can be frozen and filled when a quick teatime treat is required!
Here is the how-to:
MILK TART RECIPE
SHORTCRUST BASE
- 125 g Butter at room temperature
- 125 ml Sugar
- 1 extra-large Egg
- 500 ml Cake Flour
- 5 ml Baking Powder
- 2 ml Salt
Method:
Beat butter and sugar together.
Add egg and beat until light and fluffy.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together, add to the creamed mixture & knead to a smooth dough.
Spray 3 tart dishes with cookie spray and press the dough in using fingertips.
Bake at 180° C for approx 20 minutes or till light golden colour.
One can leave it in the pans, but it's more crispy if you carefully remove it and cool on a paper towel and a wire cake rack.
FILLING
- 1 litre Milk
- 175 ml Sugar
- 2 ml Salt
- 25 gram Butter
- 150 ml Cornflour
- 3 extra-large Eggs, separated
- 5 ml Vanilla essence
- Ground Cinnamon for sprinkling
Method:
Reserve a little milk, bring to boil remaining milk, butter and sugar together in a heavy-based saucepan - be careful of milk boiling over.
Mix to a smooth paste - cornflour, egg yolks, essence and reserved milk, and return to saucepan.
Boil until it just starts to bubble, stirring frequently with a whisk, remove from heat.
Beat egg whites till fluffy and fold into thick milky custard.
Ladle into cooked tart bases and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Leave to cool completely before turning onto a serving platter.
Yields 3 medium tarts
Time for tea or coffee and a delicious slice of Milk Tart to take you back to an era long lost.
Message to the kids
Remember, whenever you make this nostalgic treat, you're building new memories that will live on in those whose lives you will touch in this new land you're bravely moving to! Never forget your roots, and when you're feeling nostalgic, get out the Cinnamon, take a deep breath, and remember that place you once called home!
BON APPETIT EVERYONE!
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This is pure perfection and takes me back. You are 100% correct in saying we should cherish the values this dish hold. The memories of old and the amazing moms and oumas who always made these. Thank you
Awe thank you @scrooger, it's funny how scents and food has a way of bringing back good old memories not so!
Thank you for challenging all the Hive cooks and bakers to come up with something special using simple ingredients, like milk in this instance!
Happy new year to you 🤗
Thank you for taking part and making something so amazing for everyone to see! I just wish everyone could taste and experience it.
A very merry happy new year to you and your family, too!
Thank you @scrooger, you're so right, but at least a keen baker will be able to make it from the step by step recipe :)
That tart looks delicious, Lizzie.
I'm writing down the recipe to make it.
Only one week until your son moves to Holland, that's now :( My heart goes out to you, I know how hard it is, but we take comfort in the fact that they are spreading their wings for a better future.
Big Hugs!
Thank you Eli, the more I see things falling apart in our country, the happier I am for him that he has been offered this opportunity. You've already experienced the same feelings with your son's move, so know what I'm in for.
Hugs to you as well💖
Tart looks delicious indeed, congrats!
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Thank you @ervin-lemark, it really is delicious; a creamy filling in a crisp shortcrust base! Thanks for the tip :)
Wow I got my crave, me too I also wanted to learn the basic of baking though I know it need some measuring skills and everything. Enjoy the tart lizelle ❤️
You should start with easier baking as pastries take a bit of practice, home-baked goods are so much nicer. Thank you for popping in @eunoia101
oh good heavens YES!!!!!!! I have been searching for a good milk tart recipe for a very long time!!! I will definitely be pinching this one!!
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Looks so delicious!
It really is very good, thanks @bluepark
I don't think I've had a milk tart before, but I did think the cover photo looked like the tart was filled with custard, a little like an egg custard pie I've had in the past, only maybe not quite as firm.
I just know this tastes delish !
That's precisely how it is, the filling is made fluffy with the folding in of the stiffly beaten egg white.
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Delicious
Thank you!
Og this looks amazing too! Did any of you ever put cocoa into either the crust or the filling. It looks divine as it is, I'm just wondering.