Dessert - Le clafouti

La Clafouti

Le Clafouti is possibly the most famous traditional dessert from the South West of France - Limousin in the Pyrénées. The dish is traditionally made with wild cherries.

  Ingredients: 

500 grams cherries, pitted 

4 eggs                                                                                         

1/2 cup sugar                                                                              

1 cup milk                                                           

4 Tblsp melted butter

1 vanilla bean, scraped 

1/2 cup flour  

1/4th tsp salt

  
  Directions:                             

Preheat oven to 200.                

Time: 50 minutes                                                                                                            
Spray a nine inch square pan with cooking spray and scatter your pitted cherries along the bottom. Place all other ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Pour batter over cherries and bake for 40 minutes until golden brown. Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve alone or with ice cream or double cream.