12/26/2006
Clafoutis recipes
"What is clafoutis?"
According to "Larousse Gastronomique", it is a dessert from the Limousin region of France, consisting of black cherries arranged in a uttered dish and covered with fairly thick pancake batter.
It is served lukewarm, dusted with sugar. As a rule, the cherries are not stoned (pitted) but simply washed and stalked (stemmed), since the kernels add their flavour to the batter during cooking.
The Academie francaise, who had defined clafoutis as a " sort of fruit flan", were faced with protests from the inhabitants of Limoges, and changed their definition to "cake with black cherries".
Nevertheless, there are numerous variations using red cherries or other fruits. The word comes from the provincial dialect word clafir ( to fill).
Mixed Fruit Clafoutis
Cherry Clafoutis Tartlets
Pear Clafouti
"What is clafoutis?"
According to "Larousse Gastronomique", it is a dessert from the Limousin region of France, consisting of black cherries arranged in a uttered dish and covered with fairly thick pancake batter.
It is served lukewarm, dusted with sugar. As a rule, the cherries are not stoned (pitted) but simply washed and stalked (stemmed), since the kernels add their flavour to the batter during cooking.
The Academie francaise, who had defined clafoutis as a " sort of fruit flan", were faced with protests from the inhabitants of Limoges, and changed their definition to "cake with black cherries".
Nevertheless, there are numerous variations using red cherries or other fruits. The word comes from the provincial dialect word clafir ( to fill).
Mixed Fruit Clafoutis
Cherry Clafoutis Tartlets
Pear Clafouti
