Berry Clafoutis

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups milk (whole or 2%)
• ⅔ cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1 cup flour
• 1 pint blackberries or blueberries
• powdered sugar
• butter (for greasing the pan)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a baking pan.

2. Blend the milk, sugar (just ⅓ cup), eggs, vanilla, flour, and salt at top speed for about 1 min, until smooth and frothy.

3. Pour a ¼" layer of batter into the baking pan. Heat the pan over a stove burner on low heat for 1-2 min, until a film of batter has set in the bottom of the dish. Remove from heat.

4. Sprinkle the berries and the remaining sugar over the batter, then pour the rest of the batter over them.

5. Bake for about 50 min, until the top is puffed and browned and a pin in the middle comes out clean.

6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve warm.

Notes

• A commenter says:

  Prefer recipe from "A Provincial Table," by Richard Olney

  • 2 TBS butter
  • 1 pound apricots, halved and pitted
  • 2 oz slivered almonds
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup flour
  • 1-¼ cup milk

  Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter shallow baking dish. Arrange apricots, cut surface down in single layer. Add almonds. Whisk together ½ cup sugar, salt, eggs. Whisk in flour, add milk. Pour mixture over apricots. Sprinkle ¼ cup sugar over surface. Dot with butter. Bake for 40 minutes til golden.