Julia Child's Cherry Clafoutis

"Makes a simple and wonderful dessert, or a delicious and indulgent breakfast!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
4 for breakfast
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Using a blender, combine the milk, 1/3 cup sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and flour, and blend.
  • Lightly butter an 8-cup baking dish, and pour a 1/4-inch layer of the blended mixture over the bottom. Set remaining batter aside.
  • Place dish into the oven for about 7-10 minutes, until a film of batter sets in the pan but the mixture is not baked through. Remove from oven (but don’t turn the oven off, yet).
  • Distribute the pitted cherries over the set batter in the pan, then sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Pour the remaining batter over the cherries and sugar.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, until the clafouti is puffed and brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve warm.
  • Servings: 6-8 for dessert, 4 for breakfast.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can I use almond milk? and also can I use Almond flour?
     
  2. Can this recipe be doubled? I'm having 12 for Bastille dinner tonight? Thanks. Marie Christine
     
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Reviews

  1. First of all, this is not a flan. It is Clafouti. An entirely different recipe, so no comparing. Pouring it over the fruit in the dish before you bake it is exactly how you do a Clafouti. It's more on par of a yorkshire pudding than flan. It's supposed to be eggy. It's clafouti. That all being said, it is wonderful. I have made it many times and it's always delicious. I like the idea of using fresh plums so that will be my next one! :)
     
  2. If you analyze the recipe, you can see it's going to be a custard rather than a cake. Lots of milk and eggs, just a little flour. If you were expecting a cake, no wonder you were disappointed. Try again if you like custardy and eggy, otherwise forget it.
     
  3. This was delicious! I had never made clafouti before, and we were very pleased. I used frozen cherry-berry mixed fruit, which includes tart and sweet cherries, strawberries, blueberries and cranberries. I used 1/3 cup of sugar in the batter, and it tasted sweet enough so I didn't use all the rest called for. I did sprinkle about 2 TB more sugar over the top before baking. Also, I did not do the 2-step baking process. After melting 2 TB of butter in the dish and spreading it over the interior, I put the fruit in the dish in an even layer, and poured the batter over the fruit. Then sprinkled the 2 TB sugar over the top. As it baked, the fruit came to the top, and there was a layer of custard under the fruit when it was done. We ate it warm by itself, but it would be good with a little vanilla ice cream on top, or served cool with whipped cream. I will definitely make this again. I will probably add 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest next time, because it needed a little boost in flavor. It was really good with just the vanilla, though. Definitely a keeper!
     
  4. I loved this recipe! I had some delicious fresh cherries, and I wanted a simple recipe to make something great. This was it! I also added about a cup of blueberries...wonderful! I especially liked that all the ingredients for the batter are things you usually have on hand. I will make this again for sure, and may try it with some other fruits mentioned in the comments here!
     
  5. This was very, very, very good! I made a couple of changes to fit our lifestyle: 1. Rice Milk for the milk 2. Gluten Free flour combo for the flour 3. Only 1/4 cup of raw cane sugar in the batter and none on the cherries. It was divine and I can't wait to try with whatever fruit is in season. Thanks for posting.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is truly a keeper. It tastes like a gourmet dessert. I used blueberries instead of cherries. DH can't wait to have it again.
     
  2. Greek vanilla yogurt, no sugar, less flour, more cherries, etc ...
     
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  3. Less sugar, frozen fruit, one-step baking instead of two steps.
     
  4. This is a wonderful dessert that is pretty enough to impress guests or for a special occasion. I used peaches instead of cherries. We all loved it and I am sure we will make again. Thanks Julesong!!
     

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