How to Make Clafoutis and Other Fabulous Desserts with Your Summer Fruits
I love fresh fruit. I love to eat it. I love to bake with it.
One of my favorite things to do growing up was go fruit picking. We’d go to the best orchard we could find, pick enough peaches, cherries, blueberries, and strawberries to feed an army, and go home with bellies full because they never charged you on how much you ate.
There are so many summer fruits to choose from, and they’re so fun to bake with. Here are some fabulous summertime dessert ideas to get you started.
How to Make Summer Fruit Clafoutis
A clafoutis (klah-foo-TEE) is impressive, a French custard nestling the fruit of the season.
I don’t know how we got started on this clafoutis kick.But we like them so much that we made a bunch of them.They’re easy and a great way to showcase your favorite summer fruits.
All you have to do is bake the filling enough to set, top it with your favorite fruits, and continue baking.
But read on and you’ll learn to make clafoutis. Try them with the fruit of your choice.
How to Make Fresh Peach Cobbler and other Summer Cobblers
A peach cobbler is one of our favorite desserts. It’s so simple yet delicious and a great way to use your fresh peaches. We love serving them hot and topping them with vanilla ice cream or cold milk. This link will give you a scratch recipe.
You can also make skillet cobblers using your favorite summer fruits. We like to use this skillet cobbler mix, so they’re quick and easy to make.
How to Make Summer Fruit Slumps
A slump is a cobbler made without an oven.They’re easy to make, the perfect dessert without heating the kitchen.
You can make a slump on the stovetop or on the grill. All you have to do is make a fruit filling and top it with biscuit dough. We recommend this just-add-water biscuit mix.
How to Make Crisps with Your Favorite Summer Fruits
A simple crisp is delicious and a great way to use those peaches, pears, and apples.
It’s just like a cobbler and easier than pie with a fruit filling and a streusel topping. You can make the topping with simple panko, butter, oats, and nuts; or butter, flour, and cinnamon.
Classic Cherry Clafoutis Recipe
This recipe can be used for other fruits though cherries are the classic fruit for clafoutis. If you are using a less sweet fruit than cherries, increase the sugar to 3/4 cup.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup cream
- 12 ounces pitted frozen sweet cherries
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar for dusting
- whipped cream (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together the eggs and sugar until frothy. Add the vanilla, almond extract, flour and salt. Fold in the sour cream and cream.
- Spray the pan with oil. Pour one-third of the batter into the pan. Bake in the oven for four minutes or just until the batter is set.
- Remove the pan from the oven and spread the cherries evenly over the partially baked custard. Pour the remaining the batter over the cherries. Return the pan to the oven and continue baking for 20 to 24 minutes or until the custard is done. (It will be baked when the custard reaches 160 degrees.) The tip of a knife inserted in the custard will come out clean when baked.
- Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Cool completely in the refrigerator.
- Before serving, dust with powdered sugar. Serve slices with whipped cream if desired.
