Cherry Clafoutis

Name: Cherry Clafoutis
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: icing sugar, for dusting; 1½ tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp amaretto or ¾ tsp almond extract; 2 tsp amaretto or ¾ tsp almond extract; 250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup milk; ⅛ tsp salt; 1 tbsp soft brown sugar; 125 g/4½ oz/heaped ½ cup caster sugar; butter, for greasing; 125 g/4½ oz/1 cup plain white flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting; 350 g/12 oz ripe sweet cherries, stones removed if you like; 2 tbsp slivered almonds; 3 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Fiori Di Zucca

By Valentina Harris

Published 2013

About

All traditional clafoutis recipes use cherries with their stone still in, which lend a subtle hint of almond flavour to the dish, but you can remove them if you like. My mother was a real wizard at making clafoutis, whether with cherries, greengages or small apricots, and this is her much-loved recipe.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
125 g/4½ oz/1 cup plain white flour, sifted, plu

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease a 23 × 23cm/9 × 9in ovenproof dish with butter, then lightly dust with some of the flour. Tip in the cherries and slivered almonds.

Whisk together the eggs, caster sugar, brown sugar, salt and the rest of the flour in a mixing bowl