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Celebrate National Milk Tart Day with this delicious Umngazi Milk Tart Recipe!

This is an easy and tasty pudding  – but make in advance to have time to set

Ingredients:

•  Tennis biscuits – crushed  (use 1/2 packet)
• 3 TABLESPOONS  melted butter
• 800ml milk
• 3 eggs
• 125ml sugar
• 50ml flour ( 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon)
• 50ml corn flour – mazena ( 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon)
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

•  Crush biscuits until very fine ( use a packet with no holes or a rolling pin in a big bowl) and mix in the melted butter  – melt the butter in the microwave
• Press into bottom of a 22cm pie dish ( use a loose bottomed tin if possible) push nice and tight and place in fridge to harden
• Put the milk into a pot and bring gently to the boil
• Mix the other ingredients together except the butter and vanilla essence
• Add slowly to the hot milk and stir all the time until thickens
• Do not let lumps come
• Add the butter and vanilla once nice and thick
• Pour over the base and sprinkle with cinnamon powder – allow to cool off
• Place in fridge to set for about 2 or 3 hours