Easy and Delicious Milk Tart Recipe - The BEST Milk Pudding
This dessert is a South African staple dessert. It is both delicious and easy to make. The cinnamon powder adds a rich flavor to the milk pudding.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing Bowl
- 1 Mesh Strainer
- 1 Pie dish
- 1 Large Pot
- 1 Electric Hand Mixer
- 1 Spatula or Wooden Spoon
Ingredients
Pie Crust
- 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 Tbsp COLD Unsalted Butter
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tbsp Granulated Sugar
Pie Filling
- 4 1/2 Cups of Milk
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 1 Whole Clove optional
- 3 Tbsp All-Purpose Flour
- 3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 3 Eggs
- 3 Tbsp Cornstarch
- 3/4 Cups of Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
Pie Crust
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and granulated sugar. Give it a quick mix until combined.
- Cut the cold butter into small cubes and add them to the dry ingredients and rub it in with your hands until a few pea sized crumbs form. Or you can put it into a food processor and first pulse the dry ingredients until combined. Then add the cold butter cubes and pulse for a few minutes until it almost looks like wet sand.
- Add the egg to the mixture and either knead it a few times with your hands until you can form a ball, or pulse for a few minutes until a dough starts to form.
- Using the bottom of a wet spoon, take the dough and spread it in the pie dish to form a pie crust. Make the layer as thin as possible. If the spoon starts to stick, grab a small bowl with water and dip it into the water as often as needed. The water keeps the dough from sticking to the spoon. Cold or warm water works.
- Put it in the oven until lightly browned. Around 10-15 minutes. Just check on it regularly so it doesn't burn.
- When it is done, set the pie crust aside until the filling is ready.
Filling
- Add the milk to a large pot and bring to a boil on medium heat. Add the cinnamon stick to get that rich and tasty flavor. And if you use the clove. This is where you add it in as well.
- While the milk is coming to a boil, use an electrical hand mixer and beat the eggs for 2 minutes. Then add the granulated sugar and beat on high speed for another 2-3 minutes. The mixture should look foamy and creamy.
- As soon as the milk starts to boil, turn the heat down to low so it can simmer until you have everything ready.
- Add the flour, cornstarch and sea salt to egg mixture and mix well at medium speed. Just until everything is fully incorporated. The mixture will be a bit thicker.
- Add the Vanilla Extract and give it a quick mix.
- Add the egg mixture to the hot milk and keep the heat on low. With a spatula or wooden spoon, slowly mix everything together. Let it come to a soft boil and give it a stir every few seconds. Let it boil for about 5 minutes, then turn the heat off.
- Add the 3 Tbps Unsalted Butter and stir it in until it is melted and fully incorporated. Take out the cinnamon stick and clove before pouring into the pie dish.
- Add the milk mixture to the baked pie crust and lightly sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Leave it to cool down so everything can set. When it has cooled down and the pie dish isn't as hot anymore, you can put it in the fridge so it can set faster. This takes about 3 hours to overnight.
- You don't want to cut into it while it is still hot. Your pie will fall apart. You want to wait until it is cold before serving.
- When it is done, Serve and enjoy!