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Mandarin melktert (milk tart)

Name: Mandarin melktert (milk tart)
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 750ml milk; 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 1 cinnamon quill; 1 mandarin; 2 eggs; 40.00 ml cornflour; 40.00 ml cake flour; 110g caster sugar; Ground cinnamon and icing sugar, to dust; 185g plain flour; 55g caster sugar; 100g cold unsalted butter, chopped; 1 egg, lightly beaten, plus 1 extra yolk; 2 teaspoons milk; Finely grated zest of 1 mandarin

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by Warren Mendes

delicious. team

Oct 03, 2015

This South African twist on a custard tart is made with a sweet milk filling and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

3 cups (750ml) jersey milk or regular milk
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
1 cinnamon quill
1 mandarin
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cornflour
2 tablespoons cake flour
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
Ground cinnamon and icing sugar, to dust

Pastry

1 1/4 cups (185g) cake flour
1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
100g cold unsalted butter, chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten, plus 1 extra yolk
2 teaspoons milk
Finely grated zest of 1 mandarin

Method

1.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. For the pastry, place flour, sugar and butter in a food processor and whiz until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg yolk, milk and zest, then whiz until mixture comes together. Shape into a disc, enclose in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
2.

Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface until 4mm thick, then use to line a greased 36cm x 11cm fluted tart pan. Freeze tart shell for 5 minutes. Prick base with a fork, line pastry with baking paper and rice or pastry weights, then bake for 20 minutes. Remove rice and baking paper, brush with beaten egg and bake for 5-10 minutes until pastry is golden.
3.

To make filling, place milk, vanilla pod and seeds and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat. Peel mandarin, reserving the fruit to serve, and add peel to the pan. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and infuse for 15 minutes.
4.

Meanwhile whisk egg, flours and caster sugar to combine. Strain milk over egg mixture, whisking constantly, then return to the pan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and pour into pastry shell. Bake for 20-25 minutes until set. Cool slightly.
5.

Sprinkle the tart with cinnamon and icing sugar. Slice the reserved mandarin and use to garnish the tart, then serve.