Roast Pear Clafoutis

A clafoutis (klah-fou-tee) is a kind of pie or tart made by baking fruit arranged in a round pan and partially submerged in sweetened crepe batter. The only difference between a clafoutis and custard tarts, such as the Alsatian tart, is that a clafoutis contains some flour and salt. While not traditional, adding melted butter to the batter makes it lighter and less starchy because it helps prevent the flour from forming gluten. Here the batter is flav