Clafoutis, a popular French dessert aboard Hotel Barge Rosa
The most popular lunch dessert & most requested recipe at the beginning of this season has been the classic & humble Clafoutis.
Clafoutis is a sweet batter mix that is baked filled with unstoned cherries. The stones are left in because they give the batter a slight almond flavour during baking.
Clafoutis comes from the Limousin just north of our crousing route & its popularity spread throughout France during 19th century. The name comes from the Occitan word clafotis meaning to fill, as in a batter filled with cherries, which describes the dish perfectly.
These days clafoutis are filled with lots of different fruits such as apricots, apples, pears & nectarines. However, when filled with anything other than cherries it should be called a flaugnarde, a similar dish from the Limousin & Perigord.
CLAFOUTIS RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
- Flour, 100 grams
- Eggs, 3 + 1 yolk
- Milk, 160 ml
- Cream, 160 ml
- Caster sugar, 90 grams
- Lemon zested, 1
- Salt, pinch
- Butter, melted, 70 grams
- Cherries, with or without stones (pits), 600 grams
METHOD
- Using a 24-28 cm baking dish or cake tin, either line with baking parchment or in a baking dish brush with butter & coat with sugar as you would a soufflé.
- Pre heat the oven to 180 C, 350 F, gas 4
- Put the flour, lemon zest & sugar in a mixing bowl. In a jug, mix all the wet ingredients then add this to the flour mixture to create a smooth batter.
- Finally, fold the cherries into the batter & pour into the prepared baking dish & bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean, cool just slightly & sprinkle with caster sugar,
- Serve with a warm crème anglaise, pouring cream, or crème fraîche.
Thanks, Mike!
French Hotel Barge Rosa at their mooring at the port in Montauban
Rosa's charming accommodation for eight guests features two double and two twin-bedded staterooms, all with private ensuite bathrooms, and a saloon that gives direct access onto the spacious sundeck. A cruise on Hotel Barge Rosa is the ideal way to explore this beautiful, pastoral region of Southwest France.
Rosa has two routes for cruising the Gascony/Bordeaux area:
- Agen to Montauban (view itinerary): from March 29 through August 22, 2015
- Castet-en-Dorthe to Boé (view itinerary): from August 23 through October 31, 2015
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