Cherry Clafoutis
This Cherry Clafoutis is so easy and so delicious! For an adult treat the dried fruits are soaked in your favorite alcohol.
Servings 8
Calories 335kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried cherries or fresh cherries diced
- ½ cup cherry brandy if using dried fruit
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 5 tablespoons butter softened, plus more for greasing
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- 1 vanilla bean scrape seeds from bean or 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- confectioner’s sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Soak the dried fruit in the spirit or liqueur for 30 minutes, or dice the fresh fruit.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Butter your baking dishes. Can use one big one or various small sizes (you will have a total volume of about 3 cups).
- In a food processor or bowl, process or whisk the eggs, milk, butter, sugar, flour, vanilla seeds, and salt into a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into the baking dishes and arrange the fruit top (without the soaking liquid).
- Bake the clafouti for about 25 minutes or until set.
- Let it cool and sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar.
- (If you are making the recipe for children, replace the alcohol with orange juice.)
Notes
Other ideas for this clafoutis:
- Use other fruits.
- Apples, pears, berries, plums, peaches all work.
- If using dried fruit, soak in a complimentary liqueur, juice or water for 30 minutes.
- Some ideas: prunes in rum, pears in brandy, berries in fruit liqueur like Chambord.
Nutrition
Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 1435IU | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 1.3mg