In France we eat a lot of these for dessert or in the morning for breakfast. A clafoutis (pronounced kla foo tee) is made by placing fruit in a pan and covering it with batter that would otherwise have be used to make crêpes. It doesn't call for any fancy ingredients and can be prepared in under 15 minutes. *Watch out for cherry clafoutis; it may make you weak in the knees.
Ingredients:
1/2 c. flour
1 1/4 c. milk
2/3 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 tsps. or tbs. vanilla, rhum, cointreau or grand marnier
pinch of salt
3 cups of the fruit of your choice ( I used little plums for this one)
How to make a clafoutis:
Set oven to 350 F degrees.
Prepare your fruit. Pit and slice if need be (it's common to not pit the cherries in France).
Mix all of the liquid and dry ingredients together in a blender for about a minute on its highest setting.
Getting air into the batter will create a fluffier end result.
Take a round baking dish that is 1 1/2 - 2 inches high and about 8 -9 inches in diameter, butter and flour it.
Arrange your fruit on the bottom of the dish in a pattern or just leave them any which way.
Take the blended batter and slowly pour it over the fruit.
Place dish in oven and bake for about one hour, or until a knife comes out clean and the top is golden brown.
Allow to cool.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Enjoy.
