Gooseberry Tart
This typical South African gooseberry tart recipe is the perfect sweet and savoury dish combination to impress young and old. It is simple, quick and easy to prepare and will not set you back too much. Even your mother in law will be impressed, okay maybe a slight bit jealous 😊 Have a look at the ratings for this gooseberry tart recipe. This will make you believe why this recipe is so popular.
Prep
15 min
Cook
None
Total
15 min
Serves
1
Ingredients
Crust
- 200 g Marie biscuits, crushed
- 60 ml melted butter or margarine
- 45 ml Nestlé Condensed Milk
Filling
- 1 can gooseberries or whole gooseberries from Woolworths Gooseberries
- cold water
- 80 ml custard powder
- 45 ml butter or margarine
- 250 ml Nestlé condensed milk
Method
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CRUST: Grease a 23 cm pie dish. Combine the crushed biscuits, melted butter or margarine and condensed milk and press into the bottom and up the sides of the pie dish
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FILLING: Drain the gooseberries, reserving the syrup. Add enough cold water to the syrup to make up 500 ml. Blend the custard powder with a little of the syrup mixture to form a paste
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Heat the syrup mixture to just below boiling point and add to the custard mixture, stirring well. Return to the saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer until the mixture thickens and is done. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter or margarine. Stir in the gooseberries and condensed milk
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Pour the filling into the crust and chill until firm. Serve with whipped cream
