NoMU Recipe Cards Vol81 Milky Way, June

WINE PAIRING The appeal of a proper melktert is its milky, cinnamony
plainness, so a sunshiney White Muscadel from Nuy would be good foil.
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OLD FASHIONED
MILK TART
500g sweet shortcrust pastry
80ml sugar
60ml cornflour
2 tsp NoMU Sweet Rub
45ml flour
750ml milk
1 cinnamon stick
80g butter
3 eggs, separated
Ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Roll out the pastry to 5mm thickness and line a 1.5 litre loose-bottomed
tart tin with baking parchment. Using the pie dish as a guide cut a round
in the pastry about 2cm wider than the pie dish. Press the pastry round
into the dish, fill with beans and blind bake in a preheated oven for 15-20
minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool
while you make your filling. Turn the oven down to 180°C.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, corn flour, NoMU Sweet Rub
and flour.
In a saucepan, heat the milk and the cinnamon stick to just below boiling
point to infuse the milk with the cinnamon. Add the butter and stir until
melted. Strain and whisk the milk into the flour mixture. Lightly whisk
the egg yolks and add these to the bowl. Beat the egg whites to a soft
peak and fold into the mixture. Pour into a clean saucepan and return to
the stove, working over a medium heat, gently but consistently whisk the
mixture until thick and fluffy. Do not leave the mixture unattended!
Pour into the cooled pastry shell and sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes and leave to cool before cutting.
Serves 6
Note:
• If you don’t have a loose-bottomed tart tin, line the tin with long strips of
baking paper to create ‘handles’ with which to remove the tart from the tin.
• You’ll find a cinnamon stick inside your NoMU Sweet Rub!
• See recipe mailer #79 for a Sweet Shortcrust Pastry recipe.