This Cherry Clafoutis Recipe is a baked, French dessert and the perfect way to serve up red cherries or your favorite stone fruit. Dusted with powdered sugar, it also goes nicely with whipped cream.
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Cherry Clafoutis Recipe
Hi Everyone, I have wanted to share a clafoutis recipe for over a year, well, years now.
I didn’t before because I thought there were too many steps or it seemed intimidating from looking at a clafoutis recipe in one of my French cookbooks – not this Cherry Clafoutis Recipe!
I love and am inspired by French cooking (Eric is half-French too), plus cherries are my favorite, as evidenced by this recent Cherry Cobbler Recipe.
While I write this, I have the 2nd Cherry Clafoutis recipe in the oven this week.
I am hooked!
It’s one of the best ways to enjoy cherries (traditionally used) or your favorite stone fruit of the season.
This Cherry Clafoutis Recipe is so easy that I was able to throw it together, test a new Carrot Ginger Soup recipe (see previous) for dinner, all while Eric, Margo, and our visiting French cousin Lucile are on a short hike.
P.S. I also got all the dishes done AND set the table. This is the easy yet delicious kind of dinner cooking that I strive for.
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2-2 1/2 cups pitted red cherries, You can substitute the same amount other fresh or frozen stone fruit
- confectioner’s sugar, for dusting
- whipped cream, for serving
Kitchen Tools
- measuring spoons and cups
- whisk
- baking spatula
- cherry pitter
- mixing bowls ← Love these, I use them every day!
- 10-inch pie plate
- confectioner’s sugar shaker (optional)
- pie server
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By the way, you may have seen a glimpse of this Cherry Clafoutis Recipe in my last Sweet Saturday Series post.
I know you will love this Cherry Clafoutis Recipe; I suggest serving it with Vanilla Whipped Cream.
Recipe Attribution
This recipe is inspired by Basic Clafoutis.
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What stone fruit would you try with this clafoutis?
Please let me know in the comments below!
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Cherry Clafoutis Recipe
This Cherry Clafoutis Recipe is a baked, French dessert and the perfect way to serve up red cherries or your favorite stone fruit. Dusted with powdered sugar, it also goes nicely with whipped cream.
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2-2 1/2 cups pitted red cherries, You can substitute the same amount other fresh or frozen stone fruit
- confectioner's sugar, for dusting
- whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a whisk, combine the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and butter. The sugar should be completely dissolved.
- Add the flour and whisk until combined and there are no lumps.
- Add the pitted cherries and pour the batter into a standard pie plate or cast-iron skillet.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes (40 minutes always works for me). It should be puffy, golden and the center should be set when done.
- Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving warm and/or whipped cream. Enjoy!
Notes
If you want to use another type of stone fruit, you can substitute the same amount.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 186Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 27mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 2gSugar: 28gProtein: 4g
Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
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If I drain them very well and pat dry with paper towel, may I use a large jar of Morello cherries in natural juice from Trader Joe’s? Love how basic this appears! Simplicity! Hope to see a reply. Thanks!
Hi Kim! Yes, you can try to use the Morello Cherries from Trader Joe’s but I haven’t personally tried them so I can’t guarantee the results. As long as they are not like Maraschino cherries which the Morello’s don’t seem like from what I saw online. I think removing the excess moisture from the cherries is key, so that the Clafoutis doesn’t get soggy. It is a simple Clafoutis recipe, I tried to make it as simple as possible because that was my deterrent personally, when I looked at other Clafoutis recipes. Good luck, let me know how it goes! Best wishes ~Sara
Have made this probably 7 times since my first try. Love it along with my family and friends. Tonight, as money is a bit tight at moment, I stored in about 1-1 1/2c of ricotta cheese. Doubled the vanilla extract. So luscious. Great as is or easy to embellish. Great recipe to be creative with.
That was so quick! Thank you….marching cherries…😝 Would prefer fresh but that won’t happen on this very cold day in Massachusetts. My bus never showed up…heading into the kitchen with your recipe now! A great way to sulk over no-show bus. Thanks!💜
Oh my gosh, I hate spellchecker. Meant I hate ‘Marachino ‘ cherries.
LOL, I hear you!
Sara, it is in the oven as I type! I could imagine this with plums, large diced peaches, with a dollop of fresh whipped cream or mascarpone cheese whipped with a tablespoon or two of heavy cream and a tsp of vanilla. If it is as good as I hope, it looks beaut in my oven!, I have 3 spare eggs and enough cherries to make one for my friend Rachel. I hope, I hope. About 20 minutes to go….
Want to upload a photo of mine to you but have no idea how. …my kitchen smells so, so good! Thanks, Sara!
You are welcome to upload it on your favorite social media (Facebook and Instagram are good) and tag Life’s Little Sweets!
I’ve made this recipe so many times and it’s always a hit! I’ve used cherries, berries, peaches, plums, every time wonderful! Thank you for a simple, fanciful recipe! My favorite way to eat is chilled for breakfast the next day, ha!
Thank you, this makes my whole day, I love hearing from readers, I am so glad you like it!! If you take a photos and ever share on Instagram tag me and I would be honored to share it! Best Wishes!