Amarena cherries are dark, bitter cherries from northern Italy. They are usually preserved in heavy syrup. The cherries are delicious in pastries like zeppole and gelato. I picked up a jar of Amarena cherries at my favorite deli a few weeks ago to make zeppole, but I never got around to doing so. For weeks, I‘ve considered using these cherries in some of my favorite sweet and savory recipes. I finally settled on Amarena Cherry Clafoutis—a simple and easy recipe that is ever so flavorful.
Try Amazon FreshI prefer that custard pastry be chilled before serving, but my husband couldn’t wait that long to eat a slice of clafoutis. We poured two glasses of milk, whole milk for him and skimmed for me, and we ate our room-temperature pastry. I went to put it up later, and I noticed that the clafoutis was nearly gone. He went back for more.
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Amarena Cherry Clafoutis
Ingredients
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 vanilla bean
- ½ cup whole milk
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup Amarena cherries in syrup
- 3 tbsp confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scrape the vanilla bean and put the seeds, pod, and cream in a small saucepan. Heat on low for a couple of minutes until the mixture is slightly warm. Remove from heat and add milk. Remove the vanilla pod.
- Mix together flour and sugar; whisk in eggs then add vanilla cream mixture. Stir; add cherries. Pour into a 9 inch round baking dish. Bake 30-35 minutes or until clafoutis is golden brown on top. Cool completely and dust with confectioner’s sugar. Serve chilled.
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