While my parents were visiting we had a favourite “pud” of ours… apple strudel, which I have already posted here. But a couple of weeks ago the freezer was due for its annual defrosting, and I was pleased to find there were still quite a few plums and some rhubarb (and far too many blueberries!). Hence this delicious pud.
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The first one with plums and blueberries was so good that a few days later I made another one, with the last bag of rhubarb and some blueberries….
Fruity Clafoutis
- 300g (10 oz) plums, quartered or rhubarb, chopped into bite-size pieces
- 125g (4 oz) blueberries
- a little vanilla or cinnamon sugar for sprinkling over the fruit
- 100g (3/4 cup) plain flour
- 100g (1/2 cup) sugar
- 3 eggs
- 225ml (1 cup) milk or soya milk
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Butter a flan dish and lay the fruit in the dish. Sprinkle with a little vanilla or cinnamon sugar. In a large bowl, beat the eggs for one minute. Sift in the flour and sugar and mix until combined, then add the milk and mix to a smooth batter. Pour over the fruit and bake for 30-40 minutes, until just firm in the middle and golden brown.
It tastes wonderful served warm – the consistency is somewhere between pancake and custard…. yum!
I have blueberries hiding in my freezer too! What a scrumptious recipe for my frozen beauties!
A change from the normal pancake/blueberry sauce. 😉
Wow, beautiful! I have frozen blueberries, too, from overzealous picking last summer. I should make this! Btw, have I told you about my blog party Fiesta Friday? Would love to see you there mingling with us! XOXO
I’ll take a look at your Fiesta Friday – thanks!
Oh, that looks fabulous! And I have frozen blueberries and rhubarb waiting to be used up…. 🙂
The perfect opportunity! 😉
Oh goodness, that looks delicious! 🙂
I’m sure you can imagine this dish disappears pretty quickly! 😉
I have some frozen bananas in my freezer, Cathy, but I don’t think they would work in this beautiful clafoutis! No worries. I’ll get some more fruit and I think this looks absolutely wonderful. This is a unique recipe for me, and I didn’t even know the word clafoutis. I love this!
I bet plums or cherries would be good too Debra, or any other berries you can find! Have a fruity weekend! 😉
That looks delicious. I was a bit shocked that you had too many blueberries – just send them over here! They are difficult to find in the shops here and if there are some they are in a tiny container costing a fortune so just to enjoy fresh and raw. I can’t grow them either as I don’t have the right soil. what I do have in the freezer is too many strawberries – any ideas for those would be gratefully received.
I tend to hoard blueberries as I panic at the thought of not having any for baking in the winter! I must have had about 20 punnets in the freezer! LOL! I have never tried freezing strawberries as they tend to get eaten or turned into jam before they even see the freezer… I bet they’d be good in a crumble with rhubarb. I haven’t seen any rhubarb in hte shops yet, but it won’t be long now as mine is already sprouting.
My rhubarb is also just poking through the soil. I freeze the excess strawberries, then make jam as we need it as it is the one jam that looses its colour very quickly, but there are so many, I think a crumble with rhubarb is a great idea, thank you Cathy.
This is my favourite pudding, my mum makes a fantastic clafoutis. How wonderful to have excess blueberries, I have not grown them before but think I will this year. My freezer has an excess of last years gooseberries and raspberries.
I have to confess they were not my own… I don’t have any berries in the garden except for the wild strawberries. Now that’s something to look forward to! 😀
Great minds, Cathy – I’ve been dragging bags of frozen fruit out, too (we’ve long ago exhausted the supply of veggies from the garden). I made a quick strawberry sauce for a pound cake last week…
Oh, Look! There are cherries in here, too! 😀
It was good to have a fresh start, and to make a mental note: freeze more rhubarb! I never seem to have enough and this was such a treat in the middle of winter! Cherries would be delicious in this dessert Marie. 😀
You are so disciplined Cathy! Our freezer(s) are still full of gooseberries, gooseberries, courgettes & more courgettes &, like others who have replied, I keep finding small packets of peas & beans & spinach hiding under other stuff! I’ve still got quince from two years ago in there! Time for a clear out, I think! If only I had the time to devote to cooking all the stuff up!!
Isn’t it nice when you find a surprise packet of something tasty though – that rhubarb I had left over was delicious! I think you need to make a gooseberry crumble this weekend Lindsay! 😉
I have some rhubarb left…but your clafoutis looks dangerously tempting and shall be tried once I’m off the Nigel Slater orange cake addiction 😉 Enjoy your weekend, Cathy!
I was in danger of becoming addicted to this Annette! Have a good Sunday! 😀
Oh my! That looks delicious !
I think I’ll be making this again very soon Urvashi! 😉
I am wondering what fruity goodness might be lurking in my freezer because that looks and sounds delicious.
Hope you find something fruity to make this – it’s real comfort food, but with fruit in it’s healthy… right?! 😉
Ooohhh looks lovely! Unfortunately no fruits are hiding in my freezer. I have to wait till they get back in season!
That’s a shame – remember to freeze some this year!
This is real food. Looked very tasty. No good bakeries here near me. I lived in Europe for three years. I gained 30 pounds. Nothing like the taste of good food.
Hi John. You’re right – the bakeries here are very good, but I still prefer homemade! Glad you liked the pudding!
What’s hiding in my freezer?! I know there are some strawberries in there somewhere…….
And I adore Claffouti, just adore it when still warm from the oven!
Hi Claire. These puds hardly got a chance to cool down before being devoured! Strawberry clafoutis would be good too, I’m sure. 😉
I love clayfoutis… it’s just so flexible. This looks delish!
Thanks Wendy. Yes, you can put any kind of berries or juicy fruits in it you like… 😉
Oh my that looks so delicious…
I’ll be looking out for the first fresh rhubarb soon so I can make one for Easter! 😀