Source: Atlas Obscura
South Africans expect to find melktert at supermarkets, bake sales, church events, bakeries, and celebrations. Dutch settlers brought early recipes for this cinnamon-dusted custard pie to the southern tip of Africa in the 17th century. With them came Afrikaans, now one of the official languages of South Africa.
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