Clafoutis Aux Cerises – French Dark Cherry Pastry

Ingredients

• 8 oz. fresh cherries
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 300 ml of milk
• 1 tbsp of brandy
• icing sugar
• a pinch of salt
• butter for greasing the pan

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and grease a round baking pan.
2. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until get firm peaks… add the yolks, sugar and vanilla seeds (splitting the vanilla pod in half lengthwise with a sharp knife and scraping seeds from pod) and continue beating until the mixture is bubbly and homogeneous.
3. Then add the flour and trickle the milk slowly … do not stop beating it!
4. Finally add the brandy.
5. Place the washed and cleaned fresh cherries (with their pits) into a round baking pan and, carefully, pour the mixture onto them.
6. Bake (350F degrees) for about 30 min.
7. Dust the clafoutis with icing sugar and serve warm.

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