French Summer Fruit Clafouti |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This recipe for clafouti, a classic French dessert, is a potluck staple of mine and one of my top most requested recipes. It is surprisingly low in sugar, relying mostly on the sweetness of the fruit for flavor, and it's also a wonderful, easy way to use an abundance of summer stone fruits - plums, peaches, nectarines, and the like - without the hassle of making a pie. Read more . I've never met anyone who doesn't like this dish - including people who hate custards, people who hate sweets, and people who hate just about everything! This recipe has been adapted from an Epicurious one I found online - I've converted it to a One-Pot recipe so it is easy to make and easy to clean up after. I've also included a sulfite-free variation in the Alterations section for people who can't have wine. Ingredients:
4-5 ripe nectarines (or the equivalent in weight of plums, peaches, berries, cherries or any combination thereof) |
1 c. riesling or other sweet, fruity wine |
5 t. butter |
4 eggs |
1/2 c. sugar |
1/8 t. salt |
1/2 c. flour |
1 c. milk or soy milk |
1 t. vanilla |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish.
2. Cut fruit into 1/4-inch wedges (or pit and halve cherries) and macerate in a bowl with the wine for 15 minutes. Leave peels on fruit - they add to a colorful presentation.
3. Melt butter in a medium-sized pot over low heat. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
4. Whisk in eggs, sugar, salt. Whisk in flour until combined well.
5. Whisk in, until smooth, milk butter, vanilla, and 1/4 C. wine from the fruit mix.
6. Transfer fruit to bottom of baking dish using a slotted spoon. Pour batter over fruit (fruit will float to top). (The rest of the wine the fruit soaked in can now be used for sangria or just sipped straightaway!)
7. Bake in upper third of the oven until puffed and set in the center, 55-60 minutes.
8. Transfer clafouti to a rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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