Clafoutis aux Cerises
A clafoutis is a very easy recipe to make. You leave the cherry pits in the fruit, otherwise they will change the colour of the desert.
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 pounds Ripe Cherries washed
- 5 large eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup crème fraîche or heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 2 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- butter to coat the pan
- sugar to coat the pan
Instructions
- Butter the pan (preference is in clay but a glass dish will work)
- Coat with a bit of sugar and discard the excess
- Remove the stocks from the cherries (not the pits) and place them in the pan
- Mix all the other ingredients (eggs, milk, crème fraîche, sugar, flour, vanilla sugar) and pour over the cherries
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes
- Raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees F and bake for another 10 minutes until golden brown
- Sprinkle sugar on the top when you remove it from the oven.
Notes
Use vanilla sugar as extract will change the colour of the clafoutis.
Make sure to warn your guests that the cherries are not pitted.
The great thing about this recipe is you can use other fruit in season such as: apricots, grapes, pears.
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