Plum Clafoutis
Course: DessertCuisine: BakingDifficulty: Medium
Servings
8
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
1
hourTotal time
1
hour10
minutesA clafoutis is a type of flan made of fruit (typically cherries) baked in a sweet batter. This plum variant will fill your house with delicious aromas.
Ingredients
6 – 8 ripe plums
4 eggs
300 mL milk
80 grams plain flour
6 tablespoons caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons icing sugar
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 pinch salt
Directions
- Heat your oven to 190°C.
- Grease a 25cm flan tin or similar with butter and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of caster sugar over the bottom.
- Place plum halves, cut side down, so that they cover the entire bottom of the pie dish.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over the top of the plums.
- In a blender whizz 3 tablespoons of sugar, the eggs, milk, flour, lemon zest, cinnamon, vanilla and salt.
- Process until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Pour over the fruit in the pan.
- Bake for about one hour or until firm and lightly browned.
- Dust with icing sugar before serving.
- Serve warm as is or with a little cream
Notes
- You can also substitute the fresh plums with other fresh fruits like pears or nectarines etc – or use canned sliced/halved fruits if it is more convenient or better availability due to season e.g.; apricots, plums, pears, peaches etc.