Cherry Clafoutis

Name: Cherry Clafoutis
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves: 4–6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 flax eggs; 1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch); 80 g (2¾ oz) self-raising flour; 400 g (14 oz/1⅔ cup) cherries, pitted; 90 g (3¼ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 20 g (¾ oz) non-dairy butter, plus extra for greasing; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt; ¼ teaspoon almond extract; icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted, for dusting; 270 ml (9½ fl oz) unsweetened almond milk; 2 tablespoons almond meal; finely grated zest of 1 lemon

Preparation info

Serves:
4–6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Easy Vegan

By Sue Quinn

Published 2015

About

Fresh cherries work brilliantly in this French classic but berries also work well. In some regions of France, the cherry stones are left in to impart their distinctive flavour, but I prefer to remove them.

Ingredients

20 g (¾ oz) non-dairy butter, plus extra for greasing
90 g (3¼

Europe
France
Dessert
Lunch
Mediterranean
Vegan

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Grease a 25 cm (10 inch) round ovenproof dish with butter a