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Cherries<\/p><\/div>\n

For a few weeks in a row, we got piles of cherries from our CSA fruit share. I love cherries, but there is a limit as to how many I can snack on before I get a little tired of them. I didn’t want the fruit to go to waste so I decided to try out a cherry clafouti recipe I watched Alton Brown make on an episode of Good Eats.<\/p>\n

The recipe, which can be found here<\/a>, has a really short and basic list of ingredients. This was a huge plus, because it was all stuff that we had on hand. All you need to make this recipe is:<\/p>\n

– 12 oz cherries<\/em>
\n– 2 large eggs
\n<\/em>– 1\/4 cup sugar<\/em>
\n– 1\/2 cup whole milk<\/em>
\n– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/em>
\n– 1\/2 cup all-purpose flour
\n– Butter, for the Dutch oven<\/em><\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. To prepare the cherries, I cut them in half by running a paring knife all the way around the pit, then splitting them open by hand. I used the tip of the knife to carefully pop out the pit, and put all the cherry halves into a bowl.<\/p>\n

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Cherry halves<\/p><\/div>\n
In a separate, medium sized mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until it has turned into a pale yellow color and is frothy. Mix in the milk, vanilla, and flour, and whisk until incorporated. This is the batter for the clafouti.<\/p>\n
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Clafouti batter<\/p><\/div>\n
Butter the inside of the dutch oven and carefully line the bottom with the cherry halves. I made sure that they all faced the same way and were spread out evenly.<\/p>\n
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Cherries lined up on the bottom of the dutch oven<\/p><\/div>\n
Carefully pour the batter over the cherries, trying not to disturb them too much. They will float a bit though, so don’t worry.<\/p>\n
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Pouring the batter over the cherries<\/p><\/div>\n
Bake the clafouti (with the dutch oven cover off) on the middle rack for approximately 30 minutes. The top should brown lightly (though mine stayed pale for some reason). Insert a knife to check if it’s done; the knife should come out clean.<\/p>\n
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Baked clafouti<\/p><\/div>\n
Let the clafouti cool in the dutch oven for 30 minutes, then carefully remove it onto a plate.<\/p>\n
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Cherry clafouti<\/p><\/div>\n
Cut into wedges, and serve. Although my clafouti didn’t get brown on top, it was cooked through and had a nice custardy texture to it. I actually preferred it cold, after it had been in the refrigerator overnight. The recipe is really simple and it makes a tasty dessert or a decadent breakfast.<\/p>\n
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Clafouti autopsy shot<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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