Melktert I

Description
Melktert. Good traditional Zambian and South African recipe. Try it! This is no Quick Melktert (microwave) recipe. This is the traditional Zambia way.

Ingredients

 * 4 oz flour
 * 2 tsp baking powder
 * 2 oz butter
 * 2 egg yolks
 * pich salt
 * 1 pint milk
 * 8 oz Sugar
 * 2 tbsp cornflour
 * 3 egg whites
 * 1 oz butter cinnamon and Sugar

Directions

 * 1) Rub butter into sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
 * 2) Add egg yolks and enough milk to make a stiff dough.
 * 3) Roll out thinly and line one large or two small cake pans.
 * 4) To make filling, dissolve cornflour in a little of the milk and boil the remaining milk together with the Sugar.
 * 5) Pour milk/Sugar onto the cornflour mixture and cook for 3 minutes, stirring all the time.
 * 6) Stir in the butter.
 * 7) Cool slightly then fold the stiffly beaten egg whites.
 * 8) Pour the mixture into lined cake pans, sprinkle with Sugar and cinnamon, and bake in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes.