Ingredients
3 firm pears
peeled, thickly sliced
¼ cup unsalted butter
melted
⅓ cup caster sugar
⅓ cup plain flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
¾ cup milk
¼ tsp salt
Equipment
- 1 pie dish
- 1 food processor
- 1 stick blender
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter a pie dish and set aside.
- Prepare the pears and then arrange the slices in the buttered pie dish so that they fan out to create a circle. Fill in the centre with the smaller pieces of pear.
- In a food processer, or with a stick blender, combine all the remaining ingredients until a thin batter has been created.
- Gently pour the batter over the pear slices.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove and leave for five minutes before serving with a dollop of cream and a little icing sugar over the top.
Notes
Tip
Serve this hot for maximum impact – I think it loses a little something (a little of its vanilla egginess perhaps?) when it cools.
Tip
This dessert is fantastically simple to make and looks really impressive.
Variation
The traditional clafouti recipe uses cherries instead of pears. You could use any fruit that wouldn’t completely collapse with cooking.
