French Cherry Clafouti Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 12-inch round baking dish or pie plate.
• Combine the egg yolks and 1/3 cup of the granulated sugar in a large bowl. Using a handheld mixer, beat on medium-high speed until ribbons form when you lift the beater just slightly out of the batter, about 8 minutes. Add the heavy cream, flour and vanilla extract. Reduce the speed to low and beat until thoroughly blended, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
• Put the prepared baking dish on a baking sheet and slide into the oven to preheat for 4 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the egg whites and salt in a small bowl for about 30 seconds. Add to the batter and beat with the mixer on low speed until just incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Combine the cherries, lemon zest and remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in a medium bowl and stir until the cherries are thoroughly coated. If using frozen cherries, mix in 1 tablespoon of flour.
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven, pour the cherry mixture into the baking dish and top with the batter. Bake until set in the middle, 30 to 35 minutes. Serve warm with confectioners' sugar and a small dollop of whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 11-inch-round baking dish and spread the cherries evenly over the bottom.
• Whisk the eggs, half-and-half, cottage cheese, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the flour in a medium bowl until combined. Pour the batter over the cherries, sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and scatter the sliced butter on top.
• Bake until puffed and golden around the edges, about 40 minutes. Cool slightly, then dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Butter a 10" deep-dish pie pan and set aside.
• Beat eggs and sugar until frothy, about 2 minutes.
• Add milk and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Stir in flour and salt.
• Place cherries in bottom of pie pan and pour batter over cherries.
• Place pie pan on baking sheet and bake at 375 for 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 and bake until top has puffed (it will sink on cooling) and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
• Cool for about 20 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Combine milk and vanilla bean in a pot and steep for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch baking dish with butter. Spread out cherries in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar and salt in a bowl. Add eggs one at a time; beat with an electric mixer after each addition until smooth and creamy.
• Remove vanilla bean from milk and discard. Add milk to egg mixture. Pour in heavy cream; mix until smooth. Pour mixture evenly over cherries.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top of clafoutis is golden, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar on top. Let cool slightly before serving so that the clafoutis is set. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
• Coat 10-inch Clafouti Dish with food spray.
• Place cherries in a bowl with 3-tablespoons Brandy, lemon zest and toss cherries. Cover with plastic and chill for 1 hour. Drain cherries reserving excess cherry juice.
• Use a mixer with a paddle, combine eggs, butter, brown sugar and remaining brandy. Beat until smooth; about 2-3 minutes.
• Add heavy cream, 2 tablespoons cherry juice, vanilla extract and beat until batter is smooth. Remove paddle from mixer and fold in flour by hand, stir until batter is smooth.
• Place cherries into Clafouti Dish and cover with batter.
• Place dish on a sheet pan, reduce oven to 375 F and bake for 10- minutes. Remove from oven and pour remaining cherry juice over Clafouti.
• Reduce oven to 350 F and bake for about 35-minutes.
• Insert a knife into center to insure Clafouti is baked. Cool for 20-minutes before serving.
• Garnish Cherry Clafouti with confectioners' sugar and warm Fresh Cherry Sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
• Grease a baking tin or tian with a little butter; size about 6" x 9" or 12" long for an oval dish.
• In a food processor, blend together all the clafoutis batter ingredients, except the cherries.
• Pour the clafoutis batter into the greased tin or tian.
• Scatter the cherries into the top of the clafoutis batter.
• Bake in the oven for about 30 to 45 minutes or until risen and firm to the touch and golden brown.
• Serve warm with creme fraiche or cream.

Steps:

• Make batter by combining eggs, milk, flour, sugar salt and vanilla in blender or food processor.
• Process until smooth.
• Pour batter over top of cherries.
• Bake in a 350F oven for about 90 minutes.
• Cake is done when batter has set in a custard like mass and a knife inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan until lukewarm.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
• Due to the nature of this batter, the cake will fall as it cools-- so don't be alarmed.