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Melktert
A South African milk tart consisting of a sweet pastry crust filled with a set milk custard and often finished with cinnamon.
About Melktert
A South African milk tart consisting of a sweet pastry crust filled with a set milk custard and often finished with cinnamon.
Ingredients in Melktert
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- Wheat flourbase
- Cow Milkbase
- Cassia cinnamongarnish
- Cornstarchother
- Sugarother
- Eggbinder
- Butterother
- Pastrybase
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