CHEAT'S CLAFOUTIS

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Try this easy, low fat, no-fuss cherry and lemon version of the classic French clafoutis

Provided by Good Food team

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

450g cherries , pitted
2 tbsp cherry, plum or apricot jam
finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
50g plain flour
3 large eggs
450ml skimmed milk
½ tsp ground cinnamon
3 tbsp golden caster sugar
icing sugar , to dust

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5/fan 170C. Lightly oil a shallow 1.3 litre baking dish. Gently heat the cherries and jam in a large saucepan, stirring all the time until the jam melts over the cherries. Tip them into the dish and sprinkle with the lemon zest and juice.
Whizz the flour, eggs, milk, cinnamon and sugar in a food processor for 30 seconds until smooth. Pour over the cherries, then put the dish on a baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the custard is set and the jam is beginning to bubble through. Dust with icing sugar and serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 532 calories, Fat 11 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 92 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 38 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 23 grams protein, Sodium 0.66 milligram of sodium