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Melktert (Milktart)

While I was on vacation, I made a mental list of some things I want to do for myself since I'm so busy with Olivia lately. One of them was to make something from the South African cookbook I picked up last year in Cape Town. I came back from that trip pregnant, and I'll admit I didn't do much cooking during my pregnancy. I was too nauseous and tired. Anyway, the first recipe I decided to make was a milktert, or milktart. It almost resembles flan, but it's more like a pie, but instead of crust, there's a kind of a shortcake, pastry-like layer underneath. It was a lot of work, but it turned out really well! I decided to add fresh whipped cream on top and some juicy raspberries.

I thought about posting the recipe, but it's metric. I converted it as I went, but didn't write it down. If anyone wants it, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you.

Really quick about the cyst removal: wasn't too bad, didn't hurt much until a few hours ago. Now it seriously hurts. I have stitches between my boobs. It's hard to nurse, so I pump and James gives her a bottle with my milk. The doc said it's going to leave an obvious scar, but I'm just glad it's out. Stitches come out in 10 days. It could come back. Turns out it's related to a chronic health condition I have, which I've had surgery for a few times before, but that's a whole other post.

Nighty night! Oh, and 3 month pictures of Olivia can be found here and on my sidebar.

Posted by Hannah at July 17, 2006 10:27 PM