Bing Cherry Clafouti Food

BING CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a blender blend together 1/3 cup of the sugar, the flour, the eggs, the milk, the vanilla, the zest, the almond extract, and the salt until the custard is just smooth. Arrange the cherries in one layer in a buttered 3-cup gratin dish or flameproof shallow baking dish, pour the custard over them, and bake the clafouti in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top is puffed and springy to the touch. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, dot it with the butter, and broil the clafouti under a preheated broiler about 3 inches from the heat for 1 minute, or until it is browned. Serve the clafouti with the ice cream.

CHEF JOHN'S CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter 2-quart baking dish.
• Place flour, 1/3 cup sugar, salt, and milk in mixing bowl. Whisk thoroughly to blend and break up any lumps. Whisk in eggs and vanilla until well blended. Ladle about half of the custard into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until set, about 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Distribute cherries evenly on top of the set custard. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup sugar. Ladle in the rest of the custard; avoid rearranging the cherries.
• Bake until puffed and browned, about 45 minutes. Cool to just warm. Serve warm.

CHERRY CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C/425F/Gas7.
• Combine the cherries, sugar and kirsch. Place in an ovenproof dish and put in the oven for 5 minutes until the cherries are hot. Drain the cherries, saving the juices, and cool.
• Reduce the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
• For the batter, whisk the eggs and egg yolks until light and frothy, add the sugar and whisk until well blended. Add the cornflour and double cream, and then set aside to rest.
• Mix the cherries with the biscuit crumbs, sprinkle into the ovenproof dish and then pour over the batter. Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and firm.
• Leave to cool to room temperature, dust with caster sugar and serve with crème fraîche flavoured with cherry juice or a good vanilla ice cream.
• Tip:
• Add the cherry juice to good red wine vinegar for a superb cherry vinegar.
• Biscuit crumbs absorb any excess cherry juice which stops the final dish being soggy.
• Batter can be made up to 2 hours before - just give it another good whisk before use.

CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Evenly coat a glass or porcelain 10-inch pie pan with one tablespoon of butter. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan and reserve.
• In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until the mixture is thickened and a light lemon color. Add the butter, flour and vanilla and beat until thoroughly blended. Set aside for 15 minutes.
• Place the cherries over the bottom of the buttered pan. Pour the batter evenly over the cherries and bake for 40 minutes or until golden and puffy. Serve warm with the lightly whipped cream.

FRESH CHERRY CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
• Coat 10-inch Clafouti Dish with food spray.
• Place cherries in a bowl with 3-tablespoons Brandy, lemon zest and toss cherries. Cover with plastic and chill for 1 hour. Drain cherries reserving excess cherry juice.
• Use a mixer with a paddle, combine eggs, butter, brown sugar and remaining brandy. Beat until smooth; about 2-3 minutes.
• Add heavy cream, 2 tablespoons cherry juice, vanilla extract and beat until batter is smooth. Remove paddle from mixer and fold in flour by hand, stir until batter is smooth.
• Place cherries into Clafouti Dish and cover with batter.
• Place dish on a sheet pan, reduce oven to 375 F and bake for 10- minutes. Remove from oven and pour remaining cherry juice over Clafouti.
• Reduce oven to 350 F and bake for about 35-minutes.
• Insert a knife into center to insure Clafouti is baked. Cool for 20-minutes before serving.
• Garnish Cherry Clafouti with confectioners' sugar and warm Fresh Cherry Sauce.

BING CHERRY-AMARETTI FOOL

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 1 minute. Heat and stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved. Let stand 5 minutes., Place sour cream, sugar, lemon juice, extracts, 1 cup cherries and gelatin mixture in a blender; cover and process until cherries are pureed. Transfer to a large bowl., In a small bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form. Remove 1/2 cup whipped cream; reserve for topping. Gently fold remaining whipped cream into cherry mixture. Fold in crushed cookies and remaining chopped cherries. Divide mixture among 8 dessert dishes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours., Serve with reserved whipped cream and optional toppings as desired.