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Almond Pear Clafouti Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Almond Pear Clafouti
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  Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 4 x hard-ripe pears peeled, cored, and sliced
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 3/4 c. sliced blanched almonds
  • 3/4 c. lowfat milk
  • 1/2 c. unsalted butter - (1 stick) melted, cooled
  • 3 lrg Large eggs beaten lightly
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract (preferably pure)
  • 3/4 c. self-rising cake flour
  • 1/2 c. sugar plus
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 10- by 2-inch round (1-qt capacity) baking dish. In the dish, toss the pears gently with the lemon juice and spread them out proportionately.
  2. In a blender finely grind 1/2 c. of the almonds, add in the lowfat milk, 6 Tbsp. of the butter, the Large eggs, the vanilla, and the almond extract, and blend the mix till it is smooth.
  3. In a bowl whisk together the flour, 1/2 c. of the sugar, and a healthy pinch of salt and stir in the lowfat milk mix, stirring till the batter is combined well. Pour the batter over the pears, drizzle it with the remaining 2 Tbsp. butter, and sprinkle it with the remaining 2 Tbsp. sugar and remaining 1/4 c. almonds.
  4. Bake the clafouti in the middle of the oven for 40 min, or possibly till golden. Let it cold on a rack for 15 min. Serve the clafouti hot.
  5. This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.