Ina Garten Peach Clafouti Recipes

PEACH CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Make pastry dough: In workbowl of a food processor combine flour, sugar and salt. Add butter and shortening and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. With motor running, pour in egg mixture and process just until dough begins to come together. Turn out dough onto plastic wrap and shape into a disk. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and fit it into a 9-inch ceramic or glass baking dish 1 1/2 inches deep. Prick dough with a fork, line with waxed paper and weight with beans. Blind bake pastry shell for 10 minutes. Carefully remove beans and waxed paper and continue to bake 5 minutes more.
• In a blender combine batter ingredients and blend until smooth. In a saute pan melt butter, add peaches and sugar and cook for 5 minutes until peaches are tender. To assemble, pour some batter into cooled shell, top with peaches, distributing them evenly, then pour remaining batter over. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour, until center is just firm. Serve warm.

PEACH CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 6 ceramic ramekins. In a large bowl mix together the peaches, cranberries, chopped mint, sugar, and cracked black pepper. Divide between the ramekins.
• In another bowl, add the eggs, milk, flour, and vanilla seeds and mix well. Ladle over the fruit mixture.
• Line a large oven-proof casserole dish with newspaper or kitchen towels, 3 to 4 layers thick. Arrange the ramekins on top of the paper. Add enough water to reach half way up the sides of the ramekins. Put in the oven and bake until golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 1 hour. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

APRICOT CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9- to 10-inch shallow pie plate.
• Combine the egg yolks and 1/3 cup of the sugar in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium-high speed until ribbons form when you lift the beater just slightly out of the batter, about 3 minutes. Add the flour, heavy cream and vanilla extract. Reduce the speed to low and beat until thoroughly blended, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
• Slide the prepared pie plate into the oven to preheat for 4 to 5 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg whites and salt in a small bowl for 30 seconds; add to the batter and beat with the mixer on low speed until just incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Combine the apricots, lemon zest and the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium bowl, and gently stir until the apricots are thoroughly coated. Remove the pie plate from the oven, pour in the apricots in a decorative pattern, and top with the batter.
• Bake until set in the middle, 30 to 35 minutes. Serve warm with a small dollop of the whipped cream, if using.
• Add the heavy cream, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest to a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whip just until soft peaks form.

CHERRY CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 11-inch-round baking dish and spread the cherries evenly over the bottom.
• Whisk the eggs, half-and-half, cottage cheese, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the flour in a medium bowl until combined. Pour the batter over the cherries, sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and scatter the sliced butter on top.
• Bake until puffed and golden around the edges, about 40 minutes. Cool slightly, then dust with confectioners' sugar.

PEACH AND RASPBERRY CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the inside of a 10 by 15 by 2 1/2-inch oval baking dish.
• Immerse the peaches in boiling water for 30 seconds, then place them in cold water. Peel the peaches and slice them into thick wedges and place them into a large bowl. Add the orange zest, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of flour. Toss well. Gently mix in the raspberries. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes. If there is a lot of liquid, add 1 more tablespoon of flour. Pour the peaches into the baking dish and gently smooth the top.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, salt, oatmeal, and the cold, diced butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until the butter is pea-sized and the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly on top of the peaches and raspberries. Bake for 1 hour, until the top is browned and crisp and the juices are bubbly. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator and reheat in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until warm.

PLUM CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange 2 racks equally spaced in the oven. Place six (6 1/2-inch) individual gratin dishes on 2 sheet pans.
• In a small bowl, combine the vanilla seeds with the 2 teaspoons of sugar. Butter the six gratin dishes well with the butter and sprinkle the dishes with the vanilla and sugar mixture. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs and the 2/3 cup sugar on medium speed, until blended. Lower the speed and add the flour, cream, milk, and Armagnac. Whisk in the star anise and salt just until combined and set aside for 10 minutes. The batter will look like pancake batter.
• Cut the plums in half through the stem, discard the pits, and cut each half in wedges, again cutting through the stem. Distribute half a plum to each gratin dish, placing them in a pinwheel pattern. Distribute the batter evenly in the gratins (the plums will only be half immersed in the batter) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and the custard is just set.
• Sprinkle with the orange zest and serve hot or warm.

PEACH CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and flour until combined. Add sour cream, milk, granulated sugar, vanilla, and salt and whisk to combine. Pour mixture into four 2-cup baking dishes or a 3-quart baking dish. Scatter peaches in a single layer in batter. Bake until custard is browned at edges and center is set, 30 minutes. Let cool slightly. Serve warm, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients except the cherries in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
• Arrange cherries in a well-buttered eight-inch pie pan, pour batter over them and bake 35 minutes.
• Cool 30 to 45 minutes before serving.

JULIA CHILD'S BERRY CLAFOUTIS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a medium-size flameproof baking dish at least 1 1/2 inches deep.
• Place the milk, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and flour in a blender. Blend at top speed until smooth and frothy, about 1 minute.
• Pour a 1/4-inch layer of batter in the baking dish. Turn on a stove burner to low and set dish on top for a minute or two, until a film of batter has set in the bottom of the dish. Remove from heat.
• Spread berries over the batter and sprinkle on the remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar. Pour on the rest of the batter and smooth with the back of a spoon. Place in the center of the oven and bake about 50 minutes, until top is puffed and browned and a tester plunged into its center comes out clean.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving. (Clafoutis need not be served hot, but should still be warm. It will sink slightly as it cools.)