Thursday, July 19, 2018

Cherries Clafouti

Box of Cherries
Cherries Are Fun!  


Everything about cherries screams fun. First, they’re only available in the summer and summer is definitely fun.  And, their deep purple colour is positively jubilant, the sweet, lively taste is a delight, and the pits are just an added fun factor somehow.  There’s great freedom in eating a cherry and spitting out the pit into a flowerbeds, or directly at your friend.  As a kid, we’d squeeze the pits between our fingers and flick them at each other in that prankish, yet semi hostile kinda way…definitely summertime fun. 

Right now cherries are plentiful so it’s time to gobble up as many as you can.  Here is a super easy to make recipe that’s always a big crowd pleaser.  It’s definitely worth a try.  


Cherries Clafouti
Cherries Clafouti Ready To Go In The Oven


Cherries Clafouti

Serves 6

3 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon peel, grated
1 pound dark cherries, pitted
Pinch of salt
Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Grease an 8 x 8-inch baking dish.  Whisk eggs, sugar and salt in a medium bowl.   Whisk in flour, milk, butter, vanilla and lemon peel.  Arrange cherries evenly on the bottom of prepared dish and spoon batter on top.  Bake until set in the centre and golden, about 50 minutes.  Can be served with ice cream.


Dish of Cherries Clafouti
Cherry Clafouti

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