Clafoutis. A delicious French desert! Oh yeah!

This is a fantastic simple custard that takes about 40 minutes to make.  You can use cherries which I like in June when they're fresh, or blackberries, rasberries and blueberries.  Here's the recipe:

Enough berries/cherries, to cover the bottom of a medium sezed cast iron pan or baking dish.

2 eggs

1 egg yoke

1/2 cup sugar

2 1/2 oz butter (about 3/4 a stick) melted

2/3 cup all purpose (plain) flour

1 cup milk

powdered sugar

*Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  

*Butter your cast iron pan or bakeware and put the berries in a single layer.  Don't overfill.  Combine the eggs and yolk in a bowl.  I like to use a heavy ceramic one.  Add the sugar and whisk until the mixture is pale in color.  Whisk in the melted butter.  Sift in the flour and mix well, then mix in the milk.  Make sure you use a flour sifter, it really makes it better.  Continue beating until the batter is smooth, then pour over the berries.  

*Bake for 40 minutes or until browned.  Remove the clafoutis from the oven and sift some powdered sugar on it.  Let it rest for a bit.  Serve lukewarm.    

Comments

[Patte Purcell]

Yumm!

[John]

Yumm indeed! :)