How to Make Clafoutis: French Baked Fruit Pancake

Even if you've never heard of clafoutis, you won't regret making it. And don't wait for dessert, make it for breakfast. It's not that sweet and it's mostly eggs anyway. Here's how to make clafoutis.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fruit: cherries, peaches or plums
• 4 tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp. butter

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Pick your pan: This dish must be cooked in something that is safe both on the stovetop and in the oven, like a Dutch oven or an oven-safe frying pan.

3. Cut up enough fruit to cover the bottom of your pan. If you're using cherries, you will also need to pit them. It's a big job, but it's worth it, because cherries are really best.

4. Melt the butter in the pan.

5. Add the fruit and two tbsp. of sugar. Cook for a few minutes over low heat until hot and bubbly.

6. While the fruit is cooking, beat the eggs with the milk.

7. Mix the flour, salt and remaining 2 tbsp. of sugar in a large bowl.

8. Mixing the wet and dry ingredients for this recipe without ending up with lumps is a little tricky, so be careful. Pour the milk mixture into the flour very slowly at first, whisking vigorously. You want it to be like a paste to start, with no lumps. Then you can slowly whisk in the rest of the milk mixture.

9. Pour the batter over the fruit carefully. It'll push the fruit around, so make sure the fruit ends up evenly distributed.

10. Bake for about 20 minutes until the pancake is golden and puffed up. It may fall down in places when you remove it from the oven, but that's OK. You're not making a souffle.

11. Serve hot or warm.

Tips & Warnings

• You can serve this as is, or with different additions depending on how sweet you want it: confectioner's sugar, sour cream, plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt.