Clafoutis

A clafoutis [ klafuti ] is a French dessert, which is a kind of "middle thing" between baking and cake. It consists of fruit and a liquid batter sweetened resembling a batter. In general, it is baked in a casserole or quiche dish. In this case, the procedure is such that initially placed the fruit into the greased mold and then the dough is poured over it.

Fruits

The classic Clafoutis Clafoutis aux cerises with the cherries. It should be particularly true to style, to use cherries with stone, but the pitted cherries also have the disadvantage that they give more juice and thus make the dough smoother. Today, however, usually boiled, or at least pitted cherries should be used. However, other fruits are conceivable, which must be cut into small pieces partially before use. Optimal is a size approximately equal to the cherries. The American chef Ina Garten has created a version with peaches. But savory variants, eg with mushrooms are conceivable. In the play " God of Carnage " by Yasmina Reza are for the clafoutis which the restaurant serves, apples and pears used.

Dough

The dough is very different depending on the recipe. Tim brewer adds in his book " Tastes not not there " the dough to marzipan, in other cases provided by a shot of kirsch for extravagance. In general, it is likely to be a liquid batter, either the pancake batter is similar or equal. In a simplest form, it consists only of eggs, flour, milk and sugar.