Baked Cherry Custard - Make a French Clafoutis

When your friends ask you what this is, you can tell them its just a little French dessert you threw together.

Cherry Clafoutis (KLA-FOO-TEE) is a surprisingly easy to make and tasty combination of almond custard studded with a handful of dark sweet Bing cherries.

The best part is that there is no crust, just a handful of ingredients you do just throw together on a summer evening. Eat this one on the porch. Yum.

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted fresh cherries
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 cup Truvia or 1/2 cup Splenda granular
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour - no swaps, this wont turn out without the flour

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a round ceramic pie plate or baking dish and place dish on a baking sheet.
• Arrange the cherries in the dish.
• Combine the eggs, milk, vanilla, almond, salt and flour in the blender, pulsing to create a batter, being careful not to over mix.
• Allow batter to rest 15 minutes. Pour over cherries.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes until golden and puffed. Transfer to a rack to cool.
• Serve warm.