Cherry clafoutis

Name: Cherry clafoutis
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400g cherries, stoned; 3 eggs; 80g caster sugar; 60g plain flour; 250ml milk; 100ml double cream; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 15g butter; 1 tbsp icing sugar, to dust

A puffed baked custard studded with cherries, simple to whisk and lovely warm.

Time50 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.52 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 slices

Ingredients

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400 gcherriesstoned
3eggs
80 gcaster sugar
60 gplain flour
250 mlmilk
100 mldouble cream
1 tspvanilla extract
15 gbutter
1 tbspicing sugarto dust

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Butter a 24 cm baking dish and scatter in the cherries.
2
Whisk the eggs and caster sugar until pale. Whisk in the flour until smooth, then the milk, cream and vanilla.
3
Pour the batter over the cherries.
4
Bake for 35 minutes until puffed and golden with a slight wobble in the middle.
35 min
5
Rest for 10 minutes, it will sink a little. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm.

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