Cherry Gratin Recipe – Clafoutis aux Cerises, a fine and quick Dessert
from Thomas Sixt
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Table of Contents
1. Preparation for the Clafoutis aux Cerises
- ovenproof dish
- pastry brush
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- cherry stoner
- fresh cherries
- flour
- egg
- double cream
- milk
- lemon
- vanilla sugar
- brown sugar
- butter
- salt
- powdered sugar
2. Clafoutis – how to prepare it
The dough is similar in consistency and preparation to a pancake dough. The preparations are accordingly simple. A Clafoutis is a middle thing between cake and casserole and comes originally from the French Limousin. Here are the steps, you can find them further down in the recipe with photos…- Butter the mould and preheat the oven to 180°C hot air.
- Pit the fresh cherries.
- Beat the dough ingredients well together.
3. Recipe Cherry Gratin
Here follows my recipe for cherry gratin with the exact quantities and the step by step explanations for you. For your questions: For this I am available to you over the comment function…
Cherry Gratin - Clafoutis aux Cerises
Cherry gratin recipe – Clafoutis recipe, a classic dessert with fresh cherries. Ingenious original French cherry dessert recipe to imitate with all the chef tips from German chef Thomas Sixt.
Cousine
Preparation Time
15 Min.
Cook Time
30 Min.
Ingredients
| 250 | g | fresh cherries (or 300g pickled, well drained cherries) |
| 40 | g | Flour |
| 2 | Stück | eggs |
| 1 | Stück | egg yolk |
| 40 | g | brown sugar |
| 100 | ml | Milk |
| 50 | g | Crème double |
| 1 | Päckchen | vanilla sugar |
| etwas | some lemon abrasion (i use the peel of an untreated lemon) | |
| 1 | Prise | Salt |
| etwas | butter (for greasing the mould) | |
| etwas | iced sugar (for dusting) |
Instruction
Preheat the oven to 180° C.
Grease the flat oven dish well with butter.
Wash the cherries well and dry them on a kitchen towel.
Remove the pits from the fresh cherries. This can easily be done with a practical cherry pitter.
Place the cherries close to the bottom of the oven mould so that a layer is formed.
Mix the flour with the eggs, then add the sugar and milk.
Using a whisk, mix the ingredients to a homogeneous dough.
Add the crème double, vanilla sugar and lemon grated, and a pinch of salt.
Pour the liquid dough into the oven dish over the cherries.
Bake the casserole for 30 minutes at 180° C in the oven.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle generously with icing sugar.
Serve warm, enjoy your meal!
Video
4. Calories Cherry Gratin
5. More recipes
With cherries:
Cherry pie with puff pastry
Cherry cake with shortcrust pastry
More tarts and cakes:
Lemon tart – Tarte au Citron
Strawberry tart, a fantastic strawberry cake
Apricot tart with puff pastry
Apricot cake with shortcrust pastry – Apricot tarts
Remember for Christmas: Christmas Tarte recipe from cookie dough
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