Chocolate and Griottine Clafoutis

Clafoutis is a famous dessert from the Limousin region close to Périgord in France, it consists of cherries cooked in batter in a buttered dish and served warm with a dusting of icing sugar on top — a sweet Yorkshire pudding if you like. The following recipe moves away from the thick pancake style of batter traditionally used and has a lighter finish. It is great for Sunday lunch with the family, especially on a cold winter day, and is perhaps the easiest recipe in this book. You can vary i