BERRY CLAFOUTIS WITH CRèME FRAîCHE

Berry Clafoutis With Crème Fraîche image

This is an easy, impressive dessert that will take about 20 minutes to assemble and will make your kitchen smell heavenly. The recipe, adapted from "Inspired by Ingredients" by Bill Telepan and Andrew Friedman, asks you to whisk all your ingredients together in one bowl and then layer the batter with your clean berries in a buttered pan. Bake it for about 25 minutes, and you have a sweet finish to dinner.

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Time 45m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 tablespoon soft unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped out
3 tablespoons flour
Pinch of salt
2/3 cup crème fraîche
1/3 cup milk
1 pint mixed berries
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 10-inch nonstick ovenproof skillet or pie pan.
Whisk together eggs and sugar until thick and frothy. Add vanilla seeds (save bean for another use), flour and salt. Mix half the crème fraîche with the milk, and whisk into batter. Pour one-third of the batter into prepared pan, place in oven and bake 5 minutes, until just set. Spread berries over top, and pour in rest of batter. Bake about 25 minutes, until lightly browned and batter is set on top. Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes.
Loosen clafoutis around edges, dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with remaining crème fraîche.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 187, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 91 milligrams, Sugar 18 grams, TransFat 0 grams