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African-Style Milk Tart
Recipes
African-Style Milk Tart
8 servings
1 hour, 30 minutes total (Active 25 minutes)

Ingredients

  • 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 14 digestive (or shortbread) biscuits (about 7 oz)
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 ½ cups whole milk, divided
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Plastic wrap

Steps

    1. Melt 8 tablespoons butter. Place biscuits in food processor bowl, process into fine crumbs. Add melted butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; process into texture of wet sand. Press firmly into bottom and up sides of 11-inch tart pan (or deep 9-inch pie plate) to form crust. Chill until filling is ready.
    2. Whisk in large bowl: flour, cornstarch, eggs, salt, 1 cup sugar, and ½ cup milk until blended and smooth. Place remaining 4 cups milk and 1 tablespoon butter in medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer on medium (do not boil).
    3. Whisk milk mixture slowly into egg mixture until blended. Pour mixture back into saucepan and return to medium. Cook 12–15 minutes, stirring frequently, until mixture is very thick and 165°F. Strain mixture through fine-mesh strainer into clean bowl. Stir in vanilla.
    4. Pour custard into crust. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Chill 2 hours or until set. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over tart before serving.
Other Preparation Methods

Amount per ⅛ recipe serving: Calories 500, Total Fat 26g, Sat Fat 13g, Trans Fat 0.5g, Chol 120mg, Sodium 200mg, Total Carb 58g, Fiber 1g, Total Sugar 41g, (Incl. 34g Added Sugars), Protein 9g, Vitamin D 10%, Calc 15%, Iron 6%, Potassium 6%