Fresh Cherry Clafouti

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups dark sweet red cherries (fresh bing or pitted)
• 4 tablespoons brandy (french napoleon)
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
• 5 jumbo eggs (brown)
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (room temperature)
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup pastry flour
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 400°f.
• 2 coat 10-inch clafouti dish with food spray.
• 3 place cherries in a bowl with 3-tablespoons brandy, lemon zest and toss cherries. cover with plastic and chill for 1 hour. drain cherries reserving excess cherry juice.
• 4 use a mixer with a paddle, combine eggs, butter, brown sugar and remaining brandy. beat until smooth; about 2-3 minutes.
• 5 add heavy cream, 2 tablespoons cherry juice, vanilla extract and beat until batter is smooth. remove paddle from mixer and fold in flour by hand, stir until batter is smooth.
• 6 place cherries into clafouti dish and cover with batter.
• 7 place dish on a sheet pan, reduce oven to 375 f and bake for 10- minutes. remove from oven and pour remaining cherry juice over clafouti.
• 8 reduce oven to 350 f and bake for about 35-minutes.
• 9 insert a knife into center to insure clafouti is baked. cool for 20-minutes before serving.
• 10 garnish cherry clafouti with confectioners' sugar and warm fresh cherry sauce.