It’s cherry season!!
I always enjoy eating fruit as it is, but since my hubby has a serious sweet tooth, I bake desserts for him once in a while. When I was flipping through Julia Child’s cook book searching for easy dessert recipes, I instantly zoned in on the word “CLAFOUTIS”. Clafoutis is an elegant yet simple French dessert that is easy to make – it’s like a custard but more dense in texture. It might sound boring, but once it comes out from the oven, I guarantee you, your family, and your guests will be impressed.
Initially, I was thinking I would just follow the original recipe, but then I decided to make a healthier version. The Pillsbury gluten-free flour that I purchased from Costco is pretty good, and I’ve been using it for a while now. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a good sugar substitute for baking yet, so I used honey powder, and it’ll do for now.
It was quite a work to pit the chrries since I don’t have a proper tool, but it was all worth it.
CHERRY CLAFOUTIS
Original Recipe (from Julia Child)
- 3 cups pitted black cherries
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar (divided)
- 3 pasture raised eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup flour
- Softened butter, for preparing the baking dish
Ingredients (Gluten free)
- 3 cups pitted black cherries
- 1 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 2/3 cup honey powder
- 3 pasture raised eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup gluten-free flour
- Softened butter, for preparing the baking dish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Stem and pit the cherries.
- In a bowl, combine in the order of coconut milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and flour, and mix well.
- Lightly butter a 7 to 8-cup baking dish, and pour a 1/4-inch layer of the mixture over the bottom.
- Bake for 5-7 minutes and remove from the oven.
- Lay the cherries in the baking dish and pour the remaining batter over the cherries.
- Bake about 45-50 minutes or until the custard is just set; a knife poked in the center comes out clean.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve warm.
Note : If you follow the original recipe, 1/3 cup of sugar is added in the batter and sprinkle the rest of sugar on top of cherries, pour the batter and bake in the oven.
Such a delicious Clafoutis. This is the first time I’ve seen honey powder. How interesting. I need to explore it further. 🙂
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It’s not 100% honey. They put cane sugar to make it as a powder. But this is better than any other options so far. Let me know if you find something better.
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Interesting. Thanks for the information. 🙂
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How interesting, I need to try this- it looks delicious!
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Hope you like it!!
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Yum🤓
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Looks delicious…
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Great Video. I love that it’s short but you still see all the steps!
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Thank you for the encouragement!!
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Honey powder is a real surprise, thanks for sharing this tasty recipe I would love a slice right now 😀
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