Diabetic Milktart
Ingredients
Base: (Makes enough dough for 3 bases)
100g Low Fat Margarine...
1 Large Egg
500ml (2 cups) Cake Flour
125ml (85g) Sugalite®
Pinch of Salt
Ingredients
Base: (Makes enough dough for 3 bases)
100g Low Fat Margarine...
1 Large Egg
500ml (2 cups) Cake Flour
125ml (85g) Sugalite®
Pinch of Salt
Filling:
500ml (2 cups) Fat Free Milk
2.5ml (1/2 t) Vanilla Essence
10ml (2t) Low Fat Margarine
2.5ml (1/2 t) Salt
125ml (85g) Sugalite®
62ml (1/4 cup) Cake Flour
1 Large Egg
1 Large Egg White
Ground Cinnamon, for sprinkling
Method
Base:
1. Cream margarine until light and fluffy, add the egg and beat well.
2. Sift the cake flour, Sugalite® and salt into the dry ingredients and mix to form a firm dough. Rest the dough for 30 minutes before using.
3. Press a third of the dough into a greased pie dish and bake blind in a preheated oven at 200ºC for 10 minutes until golden brown. The left-over pastry can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for a week.
Filling:
1. Heat the milk, margarine and vanilla essence together in a pot.
2. Mix the salt, Sugalite®, cake flour and egg yolk together.
3. Add a little of the heated milk to the egg mixture and then add it to the rest of the milk. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Beat egg whites until stiff, not dry and fold into egg and milk mixture.
4. Pour it into the baked pastry case and leave to cool. When the milk tart is set sprinkle with cinnamon, cut into slices and serve.
Serves 8.
500ml (2 cups) Fat Free Milk
2.5ml (1/2 t) Vanilla Essence
10ml (2t) Low Fat Margarine
2.5ml (1/2 t) Salt
125ml (85g) Sugalite®
62ml (1/4 cup) Cake Flour
1 Large Egg
1 Large Egg White
Ground Cinnamon, for sprinkling
Method
Base:
1. Cream margarine until light and fluffy, add the egg and beat well.
2. Sift the cake flour, Sugalite® and salt into the dry ingredients and mix to form a firm dough. Rest the dough for 30 minutes before using.
3. Press a third of the dough into a greased pie dish and bake blind in a preheated oven at 200ºC for 10 minutes until golden brown. The left-over pastry can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for a week.
Filling:
1. Heat the milk, margarine and vanilla essence together in a pot.
2. Mix the salt, Sugalite®, cake flour and egg yolk together.
3. Add a little of the heated milk to the egg mixture and then add it to the rest of the milk. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Beat egg whites until stiff, not dry and fold into egg and milk mixture.
4. Pour it into the baked pastry case and leave to cool. When the milk tart is set sprinkle with cinnamon, cut into slices and serve.
Serves 8.