Best 2 Stone Fruit Clafoutis Recipes

BASIC CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and butter until the sugar is dissolved. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Pour the batter into a cast iron skillet or pie pan.
• 2. Now add your favorite fruit or flavoring (see below). Bake until the clafoutis is beautifully puffed and golden, 35-40 minutes. Serve immediately.
• Clafoutis Variations: Concord Grape Clafoutis: Once the batter is in the skillet, scatter 2 cups slightly crushed Concord or other black or red grapes on top. Cherry Clafoutis: Scatter 2 cups pitted cherries onto the batter once it's poured into pie plates. Pear Clafoutis with Pear Eau de Vie: Core 1 ripe pear and cut into pieces. Pour the batter into the skillet and top with the pear pieces. Bake. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons eau de vie and serve immediately. Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Clafoutis: Melt 1 cup chopped milk chocolate in a large mixing bowl set above a simmering pot of water. Fold in the clafoutis batter until smooth and fully incorporated. Pour into a skillet or pie plate, sprinkle with 1/4 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts, and bake.

BLUEBERRY (OR STONE FRUIT) CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF (204ºC) and generously butter the sides and bottom of a large (preferably 12-inch) cast-iron skillet. 2. Reserve 3 tablespoons sugar. Combine the remaining sugar and the flour, eggs, milk, half-and-half, vanilla, and salt in a blender or food processor fitted with the steel blade and purée until smooth. (The batter can be madeeeeeeeeeeeee up to 1 day in advance and refrigerated in a tightly covered container; stir it well before using. Do not bake or broil the clafouti until just before serving.) 3. Arrange the blueberries in an even layer in the skillet and pour the custard over them. Bake for 20 to 40 minutes, or until the top is puffed and springy to the touch. (It’s probably not going to be done at 20 minutes, but start checking it then. The larger the skillet, the less time the clafouti will take in the oven.) 4. Remove the skillet from the oven and heat the broiler. Sprinkle the dish with the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, dot with the butter, and broil the clafouti about 6 inches from the broiler for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, or until it’s lightly browned. Let cool a few minutes and then slice into wedges and inhale immediately, with ice cream, if using.