Jeanne's recipes : Montmorency cherries Clafoutis

Montmorency is famous for its cherries. You can’t miss these local cherries, if you ever pass by the villages of Soisy-sous-Montmorency and Saint-Prix, where they are still produced nowadays. Their acidulous taste make them perfect for making a clafoutis ! Clafoutis is a cherry flan originally from Limousin. Here’s the recipe : it’s simple, quick to prepare, and delicious !

Ingredients :

400g of Montmorency cherries

100g of flour

60g of sugar

2 eggs

25cl of milk

2 tbsp of kirsch

1 pinch of salt

Instructions :

• Preheat the oven at 180°C

• Generously butter a bakin pan

• Put the cherries in the baking pan (you can stone them or not, whether you prefer)

• In a bowl, stir together the eggs, add the sugar, a part of the flour, the pinch of salt, stir together, add a bit of the milk, stir together, then repeat (flour and milk) until everything is mixed.

• Add the kirsch

• Pour the the mixture on the cherries. The cherries should be almost fully covered by the mixture.

• Put in the oven during 35 minutes.

Bon appétit !