French home cooking classics: clafoutis
Easy french dessert recipe? Clafoutis is easy to make, and adaptable to any tinned fruit, or fresh seasonal fruit. The world's your clafoutis! I use a secret trick to get an extra crispy outside, it's perfect every time. If you've never had it before, I'd describe clafoutis as a fruity cross between dutch pancakes and flan.
Ingredients (serves 4):
French clafoutis recipe:
50g self raising flour
50g sugar
40g salted butter
2 eggs
100mL milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 small tin fruit, drained
Extra butter and sugar to line the dish
Method:
Preheat the oven at 210°C.
Melt the butter in the MW for 40 seconds.
Mix the flour and sugar in a bowl then create a well in the middle.
Crack the eggs into the well, pour in the milk and melted butter and finally the vanilla extract, then whisk together until homogenous. Do not worry too much about lumps.
Butter an oven proof dish and sprinkle with sugar generously (approx 2Tbs or until the dish is evenly coated). This will create a lovely crispy & caramelised crust.
Pour the batter into the dish before adding the drained fruit of choice, I use fruit cocktail, and simply sprinkle into the batter.
Bake for 10 minutes at 210°C, then another 20 minutes at 180°C.
Enjoy hot or cold. Bon appétit!
Clafoutis Recipe Video: