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Sour cherry clafoutis: French baked dessert

Name: Sour cherry clafoutis: French baked dessert
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g Sour cherries (pitted); 3 Eggs; 80 g Superfine sugar; 1 packet Vanilla sugar (20 g); 80 g All-purpose flour; 300 ml Milk; 20 g Butter; pinch Salt; 1 tbsp Powdered sugar (for dusting)

Sour cherries baked in a thin batter of eggs, milk, flour, sugar, and vanilla sugar until golden. Serve lukewarm with powdered sugar. Serves 6.

French cuisine · Vegetarian · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Clafoutis is a French dessert made by covering fruit with a thin batter of eggs, milk, sugar, and flour and baking it into a delicate custard-like pudding. Traditionally made with sweet cherries, it has a more tart flavor when made with sour cherries. Serve it lukewarm, dusted with powdered sugar.

Ingredients

6 servings

Sour cherries (pitted) 500 g
Eggs 3
Superfine sugar 80 g
Vanilla sugar (20 g) 1 packet
All-purpose flour 80 g
Milk 300 ml
Butter 20 g
Salt pinch
Powdered sugar (for dusting) 1 tbsp

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Instructions

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Prepare the baking dish
5 min
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease a baking dish about 24 cm in diameter with the butter and spread the sour cherries in it.
Make the batter
5 min
Beat the eggs with the superfine sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt. Stir in the flour, then gradually add the milk to make a smooth, thin batter without lumps.
Bake
40 min
Pour the batter over the sour cherries and bake for 35–40 minutes at 180 °C (350 °F), until the center is set and the top is golden.
Serve
Let cool until lukewarm, dust with powdered sugar, and serve.

Tip: Clafoutis will sink after you take it out of the oven; this is normal. It is best served lukewarm, as it firms up and loses its delicate texture when cold.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 245 kcal
Protein: 7.1 g
Carbohydrates: 41 g
of which sugars: 28 g
Fat: 6.5 g
of which saturates: 3.2 g
Fiber: 1.7 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Višňový clafoutis – francúzsky zapekaný dezert