Warm Cherry Clafoutis with Almond & Vanilla
- Preparation time
- 40 min
- Number of people
- 4 people
- Meal type
- dessert
This warm clafoutis combines juicy cherries with a soft, almond-flavoured filling and a hint of vanilla. A simple dessert that is best eaten fresh from the oven.
Ingredients
- 300 gcherries — pitted
- 3 pcseggs
- 250 mlwhole milk
- 75 gflour
- 60 gcaster sugar
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 25 gflaked almonds
- 10 gbutter
- fine sea salt — pinch
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- 2
Grease an oven dish of approximately 22–24 cm with butter.
- 3
Distribute the pitted cherries over the bottom of the dish.
- 4
Whisk the eggs with the sugar and vanilla briefly.
- 5
Add the flour and salt and stir until a smooth batter forms.
- 6
Gradually pour in the milk, stirring until the batter is smooth and quite thin.
- 7
Pour the batter over the cherries.
- 8
Sprinkle the flaked almonds over the top.
- 9
Bake the clafoutis for 30–35 minutes in the centre of the oven, until the top is golden brown and the centre is just set.
- 10
Let it rest for about 5 minutes and serve the clafoutis warm.
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Sagas House