Clafoutis (French Baked Cherry Custard Dessert)
Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert from the Limousin region, made by pouring a thin batter of eggs, sugar, milk, and flour over fresh cherries arranged in a buttered baking dish. Baking at 180 degrees Celsius for thirty to thirty-five minutes puffs the batter into a texture between a pancake and a baked custard - golden and lightly set at the edges, moist and tender around the fruit. The cherries release their tart juice into the surrounding batter during baking, creating pockets of concentrated fruit flavor. Vanilla extract rounds out the egg-and-milk base. Serving the clafoutis slightly warm rather than fully cooled preserves its soft, custardy consistency.
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Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180C and butter a baking dish.
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Whisk eggs with sugar, then add milk and vanilla.
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Sift in flour and whisk until smooth.
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Arrange cherries in the dish and pour batter over.
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Bake 30-35 minutes until puffed and lightly golden.
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