A classic clafoutis is a French dessert made with sweetened pancake batter studded with cherries. This recipe takes out the sugar and replaces the fruit with cheese and tomatoes making a puffy, eggy dish with a soft, custardy texture. It can be made in about 10 minutes and needs 40 to 50 minutes in the oven.
A clafouti travels well, so it can be baked in advance and taken on a picnic. Hot out of the oven it makes a fabulous light lunch or dinner. Red wine, a good crunchy green salad and a crusty baguette served alongside should be a requirement, not a suggestion.
In this version I have used cherry tomatoes and brousse, a soft sheep’s cheese, but as long as you keep the eggs to flour to milk/cream ratio the same – feel free to add anything you like.
In Provençal, the word brousser means to beat or stir. The curds of brousse cheese are vigorously beaten before they are drained, hence the name. A good substitute in France is faisselle, but a good quality, soft goat cheese or a salty ricotta would work also.
Savoury Clafouti with Cherry Tomatoes and Soft Sheep Cheese
Ingredients
- Serves 8 to 10
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- 2 Liters (8 cup) baking dish, lightly buttered
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- 110 g (1 cup) flour
- 6 large eggs
- 450 g (2 cups )heavy cream
- 300 gr (1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) milk
- 300 g (1 ¼ cups) Brousse cheese
- 60 g (1/2 cup) parmesan
- 1 clove garlic, finely grated
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons Fresh thyme leaves
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- 600 g (1 lb 3 ounces) cherry tomatoes
- Butter for greasing dish
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 375° F (180° C). In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, cream, eggs, brousse cheese, parmesan, flour, grated garlic, salt and pepper until smooth. You can do this with a whisk, a handheld mixer or an immersion blender.
- Stir in the thyme.
- Scatter the cherry tomatoes over the base of the buttered baking dish. Pour the egg batter over the tomatoes and place in the oven. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until lightly set and golden brown.
- Serve straight away or let cool and eat at room temperature.
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