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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pre heat oven to 200 degrees celcius. | 2. Grease 2 pie plates with a volume of 1 litre each. | 3. TO MAKE THE BASE. | 4. Cream the butter and sugar. | 5. Add the egg and mix. | 6. Sift the flour baking powder and salt together. | 7. Mix the flour mixture with the egg mixture, using a 'cutting' motion with a firm spatula or spoon. | 8. If the mixture seems dry, use your hands to press it all together, but do not over handle - do not add any liquid! The mixture will come together! | 9. Break off pieces and use your fingers to press the dough into the base and sides of the pans to form the crust. | 10. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the sides start to brown lightly and remove from oven. | 11. TO MAKE THE FILLING. | 12. Heat the 1 litre of milk and butter to boiling point. | 13. Separate 2 of the eggs keeping the egg whites apart.Whisk the egg whites until sof peaks form. | 14. Mix the 125ml extra milk, 1 whole egg, 2 egg yolks, sugar, flour,cornflour and salt to a paste. | 15. Gradually add a little of the boiled milk to this mixture. | 16. Then add this mixture to the rest of the boiled milk and beat with a whisk to prevent lumps from forming. | 17. Bring this mixture to the boil stirring all the time until it thickens. | 18. Add vanilla essence and stir through. | 19. Fold the whisked egg whites into the hot custard. | 20. Pour this filling into the baked bases and sprinkle cinnamon over the top. | 21. Allow milktart to cool down completely until mixture is set. | 22. Note1: To make the custard in the microwave heat the milk for about 8 minutes (in a 900w oven). | 23. Once the egg mixture has been added return to the microwave for about 6 minutes, stirring after each minute to prevent lumps forming and continue as per instructions. | 24. Note2: If you are using extra large eggs increase the amount of cornflour, otherwise the 'custard' will be less firm, but still delicious! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	125			10687.5	491.0625	333.9375	900.0
caster sugar	100			-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
flour	275			159027.0	34816.485	2585.275	616.99
baking powder	10			24.38	12.742	0.0	0.0
salt	2			-	-	-	-
milk	1			148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
milk	125			148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
egg	3			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
flour	30			159027.0	34816.485	2585.275	616.99
butter	25			10687.5	491.0625	333.9375	900.0
sugar	150			120897.0	30239.4	0.0	0.0
cornflour	30			-	-	-	-
vanilla essence	5			-	-	-	-
salt	2			-	-	-	-
cinnamon	10	ml	ground	-	-	-	-

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