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"Clafouti is a French dessert, half pudding and half cake; very easy to prepare. Fresh cherries are the classic filling; however, if these are not available, use canned tart cherries, (not pie filling), figs, prunes, or halved dried apricots. Nut Warning - Almonds and Almond extract. Eliminate these ingredients from the recipe if your have an intolerance..."

Ingredients: cognac, confectioners' sugar...

"Mmmmmmmm Sooo Gooood!! (Chill time for the batter is 30 minutes not included in cook time.) Lovely delicate clafouti!! from Cooking Light"

Ingredients: plain fat-free yogurt, cooking spray...

"This is really good and healthy! Just a little trivia about cherries:
Cherries were brought to America by ship with early settlers in the 1600s.
Cherry trees were part of the gardens of French settlers as they established such cities as Detroit, Vincennes, and other Midwestern settlements.
Today, on average, the United States produces..."

Ingredients: raw cashews, almond milk...

"This recipe comes from the 2005 cookbook, The Best Recipes in the World. "Roasting them (the apricots) in the oven...intensifies their sweetness and makes average apricots quite suculent.""

Ingredients: granulated sugar, unsalted butter...

"Crystal blue water, bright sunshine, and warm air redolent with lemon blossoms; this is the French Riviera! Bring just a little of that ambiance to any dinner with this gorgeous salad. The dressing is particularly wonderful on peaches, nectarines, berries and mixed greens, but you can use any salad combination you choose. Recipe adapted from an online..."

Ingredients: lettuce greens, lemon balm...

"When my two fig trees are in season, I struggle to cope with the amount of fruit they produce..........a rather nice problem I have to admit! We eat figs fresh with nearly every meal; I make jams, conserves and also bottle the fruit in liquor. However, this is one of my favourite ways of using some of my fresh figs, and this chutney is just amazing..."

Ingredients: demerara sugar, fresh ground black pepper...

"Having phyllo dough in the freezer comes in handy when you need to make dessert on a moment's notice. This peach pastry is a perfect example! Adapted from Martha Stewart's Healthy Quick Cookbook."

Ingredients: phyllo pastry sheets, cooking spray...

"This is my favourite type of French fruit tart, even more so than apple tart! Our local Patisserie makes a wonderful Tarte aux Abricots, but they are quite expensive and VERY large, much too big for the two of us when we have no B and B guests! So, I have been tinkering in the kitchen again, and have come up with this recipe. You MUST use fresh apricots..."

Ingredients: fresh edible flowers, cream...

"This French pudding is equally nice served at brunch or as dessert on your dinner table. However, it is imperative that you serve this warm. Adapted from Good Food Magazine, August 1987."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, sliced almonds...

"A very nice alternative to those rich desserts. This is elegant and also good for you!"

Ingredients: peaches, powdered sugar, sugar...

"I love the Nutcracker Ballet and the music that accompanies it, especially the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies! These fabulous little festive sweetmeats are based on a recipe that I adapted from Delia Smith's latest and BRILLIANT cookbook, "Happy Christmas". I have made these TWICE already - as a pre-Christmas dummy run, and they are SO..."

Ingredients: glace ginger, oranges, zest of...

"A delicious and easy traditional French pudding; Clafoutis or Clafouti is basically a custard/pancake batter type pudding which is usually baked with fruit. Most seasonal fruits other than cherries work well - such as apricots, raspberries, blackberries etc. I make it with either fresh cherries or with bottled/tinned cherries. I try to bottle some..."

Ingredients: creme fraiche, kirsch, eggs...

"All natural ingredients to super-satisfy your sweet tooth!"

Ingredients: lavender honey, vanilla beans...

"I've just recently discovered that omelettes don't need to be savoury, they can also be sweet. This is a simple sweet omelette recipe from Alberta Egg Producers."

Ingredients: sliced almonds, eggs...