Quick and Easy "Melkkos" Recipe
"Me/kkos" (milk food) is one of those South African heritage dishes that conjure up memories of family dinners 'round the kitchen table and the sweetness of childhood.
The recipe for the traditionally Afrikaans creamy, milky, "cinnamonny" concoction is
often passed down from a long line of grandparents and parents.
We grew up eating our grandmother and mother's "me/ksnyse/s" (noodles boiled in milk) and "me/kkos", the latter of which we took more of a liking to, thanks to weekly doses at our boarding school, and below we shared our take on the once-a-week favourite.
EASY MEIKKOS RECIPE
Serves 6
Ingredients:
2L full cream milk
1 cinnamon stick
2 cardamom pods, lightly crushed
12SmL sugar
300mL cake flour
SmL salt
2SmL butter
Method:
Combine the milk, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and sugar in a medium pot and heat slowly to boiling point. While the milk mixture is being heated, mix the flour and salt and rub the butter in the dry mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Remove the cinnamon stick and cardamom pods from the milk mixture. Sprinkle the crumbed mixture into the boiling milk and simmer for 8 minutes, while stirring with a whisk. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
To serve:
Serve the "melkkos" with a knob of butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top. Spoon it up on cold winter evenings while you're curled up on a sofa or in front of a crackling fire.