Clafoutis

Name: Clafoutis
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 fresh peach or 2 tinned peach halves, drained of syrup; 1 fresh peach or 2 tinned peach halves, drained of syrup; 1 fresh peach or 2 tinned peach halves, drained of syrup; 250 g (8 oz) cherries; 500 ml (16 fl oz) thick (double) cream; 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways; 6 egg yolks; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon custard powder; 2½ tablespoons plain flour; 25 ml (¾ fl oz) Cointreau; icing sugar, for dusting

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

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Desserts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

This classic dessert is based on a dish originating in the French country region of Limousin, where clafoutis is enjoyed when sweet, dark cherries are ripe. Cherries are the favoured fruit for this dessert, although plums or pears may also be used.

Ingredients

1 fresh peach or 2 tinned peach halves, drained of syrup
250 g (8

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to slow 150°C (300°F/Gas 2). If you are using a fresh peach, plunge it in boiling water for 10-20 seconds, then transfer to a bowl of iced water. Peel the peach and cut around the fruit towards the stone. Gently twist the halves in opposite dire