melktertn.
/ˈmɛlktɛːt/, U.S. /ˈmɛlktɛrt/, South African English /ˈmelktɛːt/ South African.
A kind of open tart with a custard filling sprinkled with cinnamon.
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1938 ‘Mrs. Gossip’ in Star (Johannesburg) 1 Dec. 12 Pannekoeke, braaiwors, melktert, mosbolletjies, beskuit and coffee could be had in plenty.
1947 Cape Argus 22 Feb. 2 Melktert, which the Queen enjoyed at Paarl this week, is one of those old Cape afternoon tea dishes which are as popular to-day as they were two centuries ago.
1958 Cape Argus 1/2 Dr. and Mrs. Verwoerd gave them tea, melktert and sandwiches.
1971 Argus (Cape Town) 5 June 1 The Cape Malays excelled in the art of baking, especially the melktert with crushed cardomons [sic] and cinnamon lightly strewn on the egg and milk filling.
1990 Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 21 Dec. (Suppl.) 21 The guests ate bobotie, yellow rice, melktert and koeksusters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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