Apple or Pear Clafoutis

Description

An easy French dessert. I'd never heard of this dessert until I ate it in a small hotel at the foot of the French Pyrenees. I came back home and was able to find this recipe on the internet—I believe a French cuisine website, but the name escapes me. Quick, easy, and yummy, too. Preparation time includes resting time.

Apple or Pear Clafoutis

Ingredients

• 8 ounces plain flour
• 4 ounces sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2½ ounces unsalted butter, melted
• 2 lbs apples or pears, peeled seeded,and chopped

Directions

1. Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into a bowl.
2. Make a well in the center of mixture and add the eggs, milk and vanilla extract.
3. Mix in well to form a smooth batter.
4. Add 4 tbs of the melted butter.
5. Let batter stand for 30 minutes while preparing the fruit.
6. Pre-heat the oven to 450 °F.
7. Butter an 8 inch round cake tin.
8. Stir the fruit into the batter and pour into the tin.
9. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
11. Serve warm, or cold.