Julia Child’s Cherry Clafoutis

Kitty FloridoJanuary 17, 2016

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Julia Child has penned many of our favorite books, including Mastering the Art of French Cooking, that we love to read. Julia’s recipes are on the dot. The ingredients as well as the utensils you would be using on a recipe, its yield and serving options when available. This Cherry Clafoutis is a mashup between a custard, a cake and a dutch baby… and a French Dessert that should be on your go-to recipes list.

It’s quick to whip together, cooks in a short time as well, and it will be the hit of the party. Traditionally its prepared with cherries, but it can be easily replaced with strawberries, raspberries or any diced plums or nectarines. The traditional recipe calls for pitted cherries, as they enhance the flavor, but since we were serving this as a dessert for New Year’s dinner, we decided that the cherries without the pits would be safer.

You can serve this custard warm just out of the oven, or reheated if you made it ahead of time. If you wish, you can sprinkle powdered sugar just before serving.

Kitty

Clafoutis de Cerezas de Julia Child

Yields 6 to 8 servings
Recipe by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Ingredientes:
1 ¼ cups whole milk
⅔ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup all-purpose flour
3 cups cherries, unpitted

Preparación:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 7-8 cup baking dish with cooking spray.
If you have pitted cherries, remove the pits from them and set aside.
In a blender, blend the milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, and flour until smooth, for about a minute.
Pour the batter into the baking dish. Add the cherries to the batter.
Bake for 45 minutes to an hour. The clafoutis is done when puffed and brown and a knife plunged in the center comes out clean.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar, serve warm.

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