CHERRY CLAFOUTIS TART
 
 
Ingredients
  • FOR THE BROWN BUTTER SHORTBREAD CRUST
  • ½ cup icing sugar (55g, 2 oz)
  • 1½ cups plain flour (215g, 7½ oz)
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened (170g, 6 oz)
  • pinch of salt
  • FOR THE CLAFOUTIS FILLING
  • 2 cups milk (500ml, 16 oz)
  • ¾ cup caster sugar (150g, 5¼ oz)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch salt
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp plain flour (50g, 1⅔ oz)
  • 2 cups cherries, pitted (340g, 12 oz)
Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) and butter a 10 inch tart tin.
  2. To make the crust, sift the icing sugar into the bowl of your stand mixer. Add the flour and salt. Fit the mixer with the paddle attachment and mix on a low speed to combine.
  3. Add the butter and mix on a low speed just until a dough forms.
  4. Put the dough in the tin and press it evenly into the base up the sides.
  5. Line the crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for about 25 – 35 minutes, until it evenly colours and is a deep golden brown. I had to uncover mine for the last 5 minutes.
  6. When the crust is almost ready, prepare the filling.
  7. In a small saucepan, add the milk, sugar, vanilla and salt. Place it over a medium heat and bring it so it is just under boiling point, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar.
  8. While the milk is heating, crack one egg into a large heatproof bowl. Add the flour and whisk until there are no lumps. Add the remaining two eggs and whisk to combine.
  9. When the milk is scalded (bubbles appear around the edges), pour it very slowly into the egg mixture while whisking it constantly.
  10. Take the tart shell out of the oven. Half fill it with custard. Evenly distribute the cherries around the tart and place it back into the oven. Pour the rest of the custard into the tart while it is on the oven rack.
  11. Bake for 25 - 35 minutes, until just set in the center and slightly puffed and browned around the outside.
  12. Allow to cool before cutting. Serves 10.
Recipe by Butter Baking at https://www.butterbaking.com/2012/09/08/cherry-clafoutis-tart/