Plum tart

Name: Plum tart (Clafoutis)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 85 g (3 oz) caster sugar; 650 ml (1 pint 2 fl oz) goats’ milk (or half goats’ milk and half water); 2 egg yolks; pinch of salt; 4 eggs; icing sugar or caster sugar, to sprinkle; 50 g (2 oz) plain flour; 800 g (1 lb 12 oz) mirabelle plums or other whole stone fruits (such as fresh apricots, cherries, or prunes); 20 g (scant 1 oz) butter, for greasing

Clafoutis

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

A really simple dessert that makes good use of the abundance of fruit in season. Josette never stones the fruit as she believes that the stones add to the flavour. It also means that the fruits are cooked whole in the batter, intensifying their individual taste.

Ingredients

20 g (scant 1 oz) butter, for greasing
800 g (1

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Provence
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Butter a shallow-sided 2 litre (3½ pint) dish and place