Apple Clafouti

Name: Apple Clafouti
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters creme fraiche; 3 eggs plus 1 egg yolk; 355 milliliters peeled and diced Granny Smith apple (about 1 large apple); 1 teaspoon grappa, Calvados, or other fruit brandy; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 79 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 118 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 0 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 237 milliliters whole milk

Apple Clafouti might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 227 calories, 4g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. If you have creme fraiche, eggs plus 1 egg yolk, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Make the batter: Sift the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt into a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, egg yolk, and milk until well blended.

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Cinnamon

Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add about 1/3 of the egg mixture to the flour mixture and whisk until smooth, then gradually incorporate the remaining egg mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Whisk

Whisk until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate while you prepare the apples.

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Apple

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Whisk

Cook the apples: With the tip of a knife, scrape the vanilla bean seeds from the pod into an ovenproof 10-inch cast iron or stainless steel skillet.

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Vanilla Bean

Apple

Seeds

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Knife

Add the pod and the butter and cook over moderately high heat until the butter turns nut brown.

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Butter

Add a pinch of salt.

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Salt

Add the apples and cook, stirring often, until slightly softened, about 2 minutes.

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Apple

Remove the vanilla bean pod and discard.

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Vanilla Bean

Sprinkle the apples with the sugar, reduce the heat to moderately low, and cook until the apples are almost cooked through and the sugar has melted and is coating the apples in a light syrup.

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Apple

Sugar

Syrup

Add the grappa or other brandy off the fire while pouring, place back on the fire, wait for flame to die down, the swirl the pan briefly.

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Brandy

Grappa

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Frying Pan

Spread the fruit evenly in the skillet.

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Spread

Fruit

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Frying Pan

Working quickly, pour batter evenly over the fruit.

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Fruit

Bake until the edges of the clafouti are puffed and browned and the center is set, about 15 minutes.

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Oven

Put some confectioners' sugar in a sieve and generously dust the surface of the clafouti.

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Powdered Sugar

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Sieve

Serve warm directly from the pan with a dollop of creme fraiche.

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Creme Fraiche

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Frying Pan

Michael's Notes: If you plan to serve individual clafoutis from mini pans, heat the pans in the oven until quite hot, about 5 minutes, then divide the cooked fruit among the pans, top with the batter, and bake. Cooking time will vary depending on the size of the pans.

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Fruit

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To make a cherry clafouti, use 1 1/4 cups pitted cherries. Substitute 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest for the cinnamon and Grand Marnier for the grappa.

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Grand Marnier