At this time of year, I'm always looking for ways to cook eggs to get rid of the glut of my hens' production. With stone fruit season fast approaching (cherries, apricots, peaches and plums), I began thinking about the classic french peasant dessert "clafouti." I was first introduced to it in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" a long time ago. I love this easy dessert - impressive, not at all labor intensive, light and perfect for springtime.
Somewhere long ago, I once saw a recipe for a tomato clafouti. My search was on - where the heck did I see that? After looking through all my cookbooks, I finally gave up. I decided to take Julia's basic recipe for sweet clafouti and then adapt it to a bunch of cherry tomatoes I had hanging around to make a savory clafouti. It turned out to be perfect for a weekend brunch picnic. It looks so pretty, I can foresee making it for lunch with friends late this summer when my homegrown cherry tomatoes are in abundant supply. Enjoy!
Kristin's Tomato Clafouti
1 1/4 cups milk
3 extra large eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour
3 cups cherry tomatoes - many colors are nice
4 oz. grated Gruyere or Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together the milk, eggs, salt and flour in a blender or with a hand mixer. By hand, mix in half the cheese. Butter a porcelain quiche pan and pour enough of the batter into the bottom of the pan to cover. Bake for about 5 minutes to set the batter. Remove from oven and place cherry tomatoes neatly around the pan. Pour the batter over the tomatoes. Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese on top. Bake for 45 minutes. A knife should come out clean when inserted into the clafouti.
Serve warm with a green salad. The clafouti is just as good the next day.
9 comments:
Sounds delicious....I'm going to try making it this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I'm also curious....do you sell your yarn in any shops in western mass? I'm going to be visiting out that way this summer...
Yum - Yum yarn, Yum eggs, Yum recipe
Thanks for it all
I'm coming for brunch. How's Sunday sound?
Oh my, that looks good (the food AND the yarn!).
Great looking and sounding recipe! I make a tomato pie when the tomato glut is on here later in the summer. I add fresh basil to the mix. Think I'll try your clafouti this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.
i grew up eating clafouti as a kid during my summers in france (my parents are french) and i don't think i've had it for years. your savory version looks fantastic!
As Maryse commented, I also grew up with a french mother (army dad) and clafouti was always one of my favorite desserts. I will have to try your savory version as it sounds delicious and with tomatoes right around the corner, I am so ready to make one. Thanks for experimenting with this and providing it for us.
Hi Kristin,
We made your clafouti for supper last night, adding some chopped basil and parsley and a little ground black pepper -- it was great! Sort of a fritatta/souffle/omelet/quiche yumminess, but light enough for a summer supper, perfect with a spinach salad. Thanks!
I am anxious to make this, as I know it's something Hubby and I will both love.
I'm curious, do you half the tomatoes, or place them in whole?
Thanks for sharing the great recipe. :-)
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