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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the PASTRY, cream the sugar and butter, add the egg and beat again. | 2. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix until a soft dough is formed. | 3. Using your fingers, press the dough into the bottom and sides of 1 large or 2 small pie plates. | 4. Leave in fridge to cool. | 5. For the FILLING, Mix the sugar, egg yolks, flour, cornflour, salt and vanilla essence to a smooth paste in a small dish. | 6. Bring the milk to the boil. | 7. Add the flour paste slowly to the milk, whisking well to stop lumps. | 8. Take the pot off the stove and add the butter. | 9. Beat the egg whites stiffly and fold into this custard mixture. | 10. Pour the filling into the pie crusts. | 11. Bake at 180°C for about 25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. | 12. Sprinkle with cinnamon and allow to cool completely, allowing the filling to set. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	3	tablespoons		256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
caster sugar	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
cake flour	1	cup		495.94	106.9011	11.234000000000002	1.1782
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
milk	5	cups		744.2	58.316	38.43	39.894
white sugar	8	tablespoons		390.096	100.7798	0.0	0.0
cornflour	2	tablespoons	rounded	-	-	-	-
egg	6		separated	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
cake flour	2	tablespoons		495.94	106.9011	11.234000000000002	1.1782
butter	1	tablespoon		256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
vanilla essence	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.