Wednesday 23 November 2011

Berrylicious






It feels like a typical day in London today – wet and cold. Love love love it! The problem though is that this weather always inspires an unhealthy activity in the kitchen.
I’m trying to fit into a bikini in 2 weeks but I just can’t seem to find the will power to stay away from my most favouritest thing in the world – dessert. L Damn you Stefano!
So today, I consulted one of my new acquisitions, flipped a few pages and came across something very sexy – the Cherry Clafoutis. It’s a baked French dessert made with cherries and batter. I didn’t have cherries in the fridge and sure as hell wasn’t going to drive out in the rain to find them so I improvised. I used blueberries and strawberries instead and it turned out just fine…mighty fine, in fact J
The recipe is as follows:
Ingredients
·         ¼ cup melted butter
·         1 cup strawberries
·         ½ cup blueberries
·         ½ cup self raising flour
·         3 eggs
·         Pinch of salt
·         ½ cup sugar
·         1 cup milk
Method
·         Preheat oven to 160 ̊c
·         Grease oven proof dish
·         Arrange berries evenly on the dish
·         In a bowl, sift flour, add sugar, salt, butter, eggs and mix well. Gradually add the milk until mixture is runny and mix well.
·         Gently pour the mixture over the berries and bake for approximately 35 minutes
·         I had mine with double cream Greek yoghurt (yes, healthy, I know) and it tasted like a dream