Cherry Clafoutis

I found myself with lots of extra, slightly overripe, sad looking cherries. I didn't want to throw them out, so I decided to make one of my favorite summertime desserts: Cherry Clafoutis.

This is a traditional French dessert from the Limousin region of France. If you don't have cherries on hand you can also make this cooked custard, or flan, with plums, prunes, apples, cranberries or blackberries. Purists leave in the cherry seeds, supposedly it gives the clafoutis more cherry taste, but I chose to pit my cherries so you could actually enjoy eating it without spitting out pits (eww!)

Step 1 Ingredients

My recipe is inspired by the Cherry Clafoutis recipe on Simply Recipes. Here's what you'll need:

• 2 to 3 cups of fresh cherries, pitted
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup of whole milk
• 3/4 teaspoon of almond extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Comments

[zzoe]

Love this... fond memories of stained fingers and happy guests. A sieve works for a sifter in a pinch, too. Great Inst'able!

[MercuryCrest]

Unfortunately, the first time I made clafoutis, I used frozen strawberries. Big mistake. Fresh is essential.

As soon as I can get the taste of my failed clafoutis off of my tongue, I'll have to try this recipe....

What kind of cherries are those?

[angelabchua]

oh, this looks yummy!

[bajablue]

and delicioso GOOD, too! ;-)