Peachornectarineclafouti Recipes

PEAR CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Butter a 10 x 3 x 1 1/2-inch round baking dish and sprinkle the bottom and sides with 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar.
• Beat the eggs and the 1/3 cup of granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. On low speed, mix in the flour, cream, vanilla extract, lemon zest, salt, and pear brandy. Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel, quarter, core, and slice the pears. Arrange the slices in a single layer, slightly fanned out, in the baking dish. Pour the batter over the pears and bake until the top is golden brown and the custard is firm, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar, and creme fraiche.

PEACH CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and flour until combined. Add sour cream, milk, granulated sugar, vanilla, and salt and whisk to combine. Pour mixture into four 2-cup baking dishes or a 3-quart baking dish. Scatter peaches in a single layer in batter. Bake until custard is browned at edges and center is set, 30 minutes. Let cool slightly. Serve warm, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

PEAR CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Butter a 10 1/2-inch round baking dish or pie plate. Fan pear slices out in a single layer in the bottom.
• Beat eggs and sugar together using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in heavy cream, flour, kirsch, lemon zest, vanilla extract, cardamom, and salt on low speed until batter is smooth. Set batter aside to rest, about 15 minutes.
• Pour batter over the pears in the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool briefly, about 15 minutes. Serve warm, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.

CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tart pan, or a similar sized baking dish.
• Spread out the cherries in the bottom of the prepared pan, and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and sugar. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg whites, milk and cream. Stir in the kirsch and vanilla bean. Gradually whisk in the flour mixture until smooth. Remove the vanilla bean from the batter, and pour it over the cherries.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until puffed and browned. Let cool until the top sinks in slightly. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

PEACH OR NECTARINE CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400f degrees.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cup, level with a knife.
• Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through eggs) in a blender, process until smooth.
• Chill 30 minutes.
• Arrange peaaches or nectarines in a 13x9 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Pour batter over fruit.
• Bake at 400f degrees for 35 minutes or until set.

FRESH PEACH CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 and grease a 9-inch pie plate.
• Arrange the peaches in a single layer.
• Combine all other ingredients and mix well.
• Pour mixture over peaches.
• Bake until puffed and golden, about 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with confectioners sugar if desired.
• Cut into wedges.
• Serve with ice cream or frozen yogurt.

PEACH CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 6 ceramic ramekins. In a large bowl mix together the peaches, cranberries, chopped mint, sugar, and cracked black pepper. Divide between the ramekins.
• In another bowl, add the eggs, milk, flour, and vanilla seeds and mix well. Ladle over the fruit mixture.
• Line a large oven-proof casserole dish with newspaper or kitchen towels, 3 to 4 layers thick. Arrange the ramekins on top of the paper. Add enough water to reach half way up the sides of the ramekins. Put in the oven and bake until golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 1 hour. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

PEAR CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9-inch cake pan, and dust with sugar.
• Place butter in a large pan over medium heat. When it turns golden brown, add as many pears as will fit in one layer. Saute pears for about two minutes per side, just to soften them. Remove and set aside. Repeat with more butter and the rest of the pears if necessary.
• Lay fruit around bottom of sugared cake pan in concentric circles, covering entire bottom.
• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and the 1/4 cup of sugar. Sift in the flour and blend well. Beat in the baking powder, liqueur, milk and melted butter. Pour over fruit.
• Place clafoutis in oven, and cook for 30 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before slicing and serving, perhaps with a fruit puree of your choice.

NECTARINE AND BLUEBERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. and butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish.
• Cut nectarines into 1/4-inch-thick wedges and in a bowl macerate with blueberries in wine 15 minutes.
• Melt butter and cool slightly. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, and salt. Whisk in flour until combined well and whisk in milk, butter, vanilla, and 1/4 cup wine from fruit mixture until smooth. With a slotted spoon transfer fruit to baking dish, reserving wine for another use (such as sangría), and arrange in bottom. Carefully pour batter over fruit (the fruit will rise to the top) and bake in upper third of oven until puffed and set in center, 55 to 60 minutes. Transfer clafouti to a rack to cool.
• Just before serving, dust clafouti with confectioners'sugar. Serve clafouti warm or at room temperature.

NECTARINE CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with a 10-inch baking dish (1 1/2 to 2 inches deep) on center rack.
• Bring a small pot of water to a boil. With a sharp knife, cut a shallow X into bottom of each nectarine. Add to pot and blanch 30 to 40 seconds. When cool enough to handle, use a paring knife to remove skin and pit; cut into 1/4-inch slices.
• Puree milk, cream, eggs, yolks, vanilla seeds, granulated sugar, flour, and salt in a blender until smooth, about 2 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a liquid-measuring cup.
• Carefully remove preheated baking dish from oven and quickly brush with butter (caution: it will sizzle). Immediately pour in just enough batter to coat bottom of dish. Return to oven and bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in remaining batter and arrange nectarines in a single layer, covering as much surface area as possible. Return to oven and bake until puffed and browned, 35 to 40 minutes more. Let cool slightly. Dust with confectioner's sugar; serve.

CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Evenly coat a glass or porcelain 10-inch pie pan with one tablespoon of butter. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan and reserve.
• In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until the mixture is thickened and a light lemon color. Add the butter, flour and vanilla and beat until thoroughly blended. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Place the cherries over the bottom of the buttered pan. Pour the batter evenly over the cherries and bake for 40 minutes or until golden and puffy. Serve warm with the lightly whipped cream.