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Well, this is supposed to be summer. I keep on endlessly repeating “it’s summer, it’s summer, it’s summer” in my head, true mantra-style, whilst outside – in the real world – it’s all grey skies, pouring rain and freezing temperatures. Welcome to British summer 2011 – or any other in the past few years. This is not summer, this is an eternal October!
So, the other day I bought this lovely cookbook: 365 reasons to eat. For each day of the year, there’s a mouth-watering French recipe. It’s obviously all about making the most of seasonal ingredients and dishes. And, of course June is full of pretty salads, grilled meats and summery dips. And, of course, all I want to do is flip to the October/November section and make some warming stews or hearty soups. Damn, the weather gods don’t seem to like the UK, do they?!
Anyway, the one thing that is good about summer – good weather or not – is the availability of fantastic produce! Suddenly the likes of peaches and apricots pop up at local market stalls, at a bargain price! It’s inspirational heaven – so many amazing things can be made with all these ripe summer fruit and veg! The problem: one normally ends up buying far more than one (or in this case I) can eat. So the lovely fruits ends up ripening away in the fridge, becoming more and more ripe day by day – it’s a tragedy. Now, don’t despair! There are actually plenty of things to do with fruit that’s about to reach a slightly over-ripe stage. One of the best solutions: bake a clafoutis!
Clafoutis is basically a French egg pudding. It’s a very humble dish, a bit comparable to an English bread and butter pudding. Just mix some eggs with flour and sugar, pour it over your fruit and bake. Voila: a simple amazing pudding! The classic clafoutis is with cherries, but you can easily use any other fruit. Try it with peaches, blueberries or raspberries!
One last tip: clafoutis is in my opinion an amazing breakfast option! Forget the classic French toast, the evergreen pancakes – yawn! Go surprise your guests with a clafoutis! I bet they’ll love it! ★
June 19, 2011
I can attest that these are delicious and make the perfect weekend breakfast!
So glad you were my little taste tester 🙂
Clafouti for breakfast. I never thought of that, but what a great idea. But I suppose lashings of cream, for breakfast, is off the menu? A bit of greek yogurt perhaps?
Ha, well if you wanna make it for breakfast, why not substitute the 100ml of cream with 100ml of milk? Still great, and a bit more healthy 🙂
I’ve always wanted to try clafoutis. Have been meaning to make it for years. Yours look absolutely delicious!
Thank you Clare!
it is summer!!! and this dish screams it out! Love cherry clafoutis and last year I made one with chocolate and tahini – yum! Catching up on all my favorite people after the P2P hectic. Hope you are well!
Oh yes I remember your very original take on the clafoutis! When are you back in London again?!
I have peaches and apricots in the fridge which are on the verge of becoming overripe. I guess a clafouti for dessert won’t hurt! Plus, its ermm..healthy in a way.
Ah, with peaches and apricots – that will be lovely! And, yes, healthy it is.. kinda 🙂 (you can actually make it entirely with milk, just replace the cream part with it – I did that the other day and it was actually very yummy!)