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I can’t begin to tell you how sad I am that this is the final week, fine three days of #CookforJulia.
I’ve been having a blast the past week cooking up Julia Child recipes, reliving Julia recipes and reading tributes to her on PBS food and at various food bloggers sites.
PBS was even nice enough to put a few The French Chef episodes on their website for us to watch. Since I don’t have cable, it’s been forever since I’ve watched an episode. I look a lazy weekend for myself this past one and sat at home and watched a few.
My final two Julia recipes this week are in the sweet category. I had enough savory last week. I’m not calling this dessert because in all honesty clafoutis can be served for breakfast, brunch or dessert.
It is isn’t so sweet, that you feel like a complete sugar bomb first thing in the morning. The custardy center and crisp edges are reminiscent of a dutch baby pancakes. Plus any sweetness we have is offset by the tartness of your cherries.
| Cherry Clafoutis #CookforJulia |
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- 3 cups fresh Bing cherries, pitted
- 1¼ cup whole milk
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar, divided
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
- confections sugar for decoration
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a blender, place in the order listed above the milk, ⅓ cup sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and flour and blend on high for 1 minute.
- With a flame proof 7 to 8 cup baking dish (I used my skillet), butter the dish, making sure to cover all sides. You may not need the entire ½ tablespoon of butter.
- Pour a ¼ inch layer of batter into the baking dish, set over a moderate flame. Cook for a minute or two until the batter just begins to set.
- Remove from heat and evenly spread the cherries over the bottom. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the cherries.
- Pour the remaining batter into the dish and smooth the surface if necessary.
- Bake for one hour, in the the middle of your oven. The clafoutis is done when it has puffed and is nicely browned. You can check for doneness by inserted a knife into the middle, if it is clean, it is finished cooking.
- Sprinkle the top with some confectioners sugar just before serving.
The clafoutis does not need to be served hot, it is just as delicious warm, or at room temperature. It will also sink down slightly after cooling.
Gorgeous! And I can just taste it now. Makes me want to run to the store and buy cherries.
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this is just gorgeous Susan! and reminds me i need a cherry pitter so i can make cherry desserts!
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That looks very lovely and delicious! Still have the chance to try this as well …
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Susan, this clafoutis looks amazing! Looks like we both had clafoutis on the brain this week. I’m super sad that the #CookforJulia week is almost over, too. I’ve enjoyed reading all of the recipes and tributes to Julia over the past week. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us tomorrow.
Just beautiful!
Another wonderful Julia dish. You had a great lineup of my favorites!
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Love these ! My recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon almond extract . Adds a whole new layer of tasty deliciousness !