Cherry Clafoutis, by Joanne Harris & Fran Warde from The French Kitchen (Doubleday)
This simple pudding can also be made with other soft fruits, such as apricots, plums, peaches, blackberries & blackcurrants.

Preparation: 40 minutes
Cooking: 1 hour 10 minutes
Serves 6
Ingredients
15g butter for greasing
750g cherries, pitted
125g flour
50g unrefined caster sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
300ml milk
Unrefined icing sugar for dusting
Method
Heat the oven to 180C / gas 4.
Butter a shallow ovenproof dish. Place the cherries in the dish.
Put the flour and sugar in a large bowl and make a well in the middle.
Whisk the eggs; add the vanilla and milk to the eggs and whisk.
Slowly pour the milk mix into the flour, beating constantly until all the liquid has been added and you have a smooth batter. Pour over the cherries.
Bake for 40 minutes until the batter is firm to the touch and golden on top.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve just warm.