Absolutely the Best Quick and Easy French Grape Clafoutis Recipe!
If you have never heard of Grape Clafoutis (pronounced klah-foo-TEE) then you are in for a treat. This fabulous French dessert is typically made with black cherries but is presented here with a lovely twist. This French Grape Clafoutis is absolutely scrumptious!
Backstory
About 8 years ago, I was browsing at my favorite home store and stumbled upon this gorgeous ruffled pie dish. It was deep purple (or aubergine) and the beautiful glaze was simply asking to be taken home. So, I did. Upon closer inspection, I found out it was a clafoutis dish.
Of course, I had to google and find out more about this clafoutis thing. And it turns out the pretty ruffled dish is actually used to bake fruits, traditionally black cherries, covered in thick custard batter. Naturally, the grande dame of French cooking, Julia Child, had the perfect Clafoutis recipe* to test drive. So this is the case of the dish finding the recipe and not the other way round.
Fast forward to this summer, and I was staring at this huge 5 pound container of green seedless grapes from Costco. Funny thing is that my kids have a way of loving a food and eating it like ravenous beasts. And amazingly the next week, they would not touch the same food with a 6 foot pole. Go figure. Therefore, in order to use up the grapes, I decided to bake and make this Grape Clafoutis recipe.
Making Best French Grape Clafoutis
This recipe is super easy to make – you don’t even need to stir or mix! You simply put all the ingredients, except the fruit, in a blender and push a button. Then, pour the batter over the grapes and put it in the oven. How easy is that? And the whole thing cooks up in an hour! What’s there not to like? 😊
Ingredients
Making the clafoutis requires just a few ingredents:
2 cups of Seedless Green Grapes
1½ cups Milk, preferably Full Cream
4 Eggs
4 Tbsp Butter, melted
½ cup Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1 cup All Purpose Flour, sifted
Making Grape Clafoutis
First, gather all your ingredients. Next, preheat your oven to 375F. Then, butter your baking dish with melted butter.
The, arrange the grapes at the bottom of the pan.
Next, put all the remaining ingredients – milk, eggs, butter, sugar, vanilla, and flour into the blender. Secure the lid and blend on high for 60 seconds. Then, scrape down the side to make sure there are no clumps in the batter.
When done, carefully pour the blended batter over the prepared dish.
After that. gently tap the dish to settle the grapes and mixture. Place the filled dish onto a cookie sheet (to catch any spillage), and put the whole thing into the oven.
Next, bake in oven for 50 minutes. When the top is golden brown, check to make sure the center is set. Insert a knife or a bamboo skewer in the center – if it comes out clean it is done. If not, bake for another 10-15 minutes. Finally, remove pan from oven. Let the clafoutis cool for 10 minutes, and then dust with icing sugar, if desired. Slice and enjoy!
In conclusion, if you like flan with fruits and a fabulous dessert that is easy to to whip up in minutes, try this French Grape Clafoutis recipe! You’ll be glad you did. Bon appétit!
Delicious French Grape Clafoutis Dessert
Equipment
- Blender
- Round pie dish
Ingredients
- 2 cups Seedless Green Grapes
- 1½ cups Milk, preferably Full Cream
- 4 Eggs
- 4 Tbsp Butter, melted
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375F. Butter your baking dish with melted butter.
- Arrange the grapes at the bottom of the pan.
- Put all the remaining ingredients – milk, eggs, butter, sugar, vanilla, and flour into the blender. Secure the lid and blend on high for 60 seconds. Scrape down the side to make sure there are no clumps in the batter.
- Carefully pour the blended batter over the prepared dish.
- Gently tap the dish to settle the grapes and mixture. Place the filled dish onto a cookie sheet (to catch any spillage) and put the whole thing into the oven.
- Bake in over for 50 minutes. Check to make sure the center is set. If not, bake for another 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Cool, and dust with icing sugar if desired. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
I adapted this recipe from Jo Cooks https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/grape-clafoutis/
* Here’s a link to Julia Child’s traditional clafoutis recipe with video via Bon Appetit magazine. https://www.bonappetit.com/story/clafoutis-lazy-summer-dessert
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