A clafoutis is a super-easy baked French dessert; it's traditionally made with fresh cherries and served with cream
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients:
400g cherries , stoned
Butter for dish plus 30g butter, melted
Sugar for dish plus 100ml (85g) sugar
2 jumbo eggs
90g (180ml) cake flour, sieved
150ml milk
5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
Icing sugar, for dusting
Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 200°C. Butter a 20cm baking dish or similar-sized cake pan and sprinkle with sugar.
2) Spread cherries over base of dish.
3) In a bowl, cream 100ml sugar with the eggs. Mix in the flour, milk and vanilla essence. Stir in 30g melted butter.
4) Pour the batter over the cherries and bake for 30-40 minutes until puffed and golden.
5) Cool slightly, dust with icing sugar and serve with cream if desired.