An easy brunch or dessert, berry clafoutis with strawberries and blackberries highlights fresh summer produce and only requires a blender. Serve plain or with a scoop of ice cream on top!
Dessert people fall into two categories: decadent dessert lovers (think chocolate or peanut butter) and lighter, fruit dessert lovers (like pies or fruit coffee cakes). Sure, you can like both, but when given the choice, people pick one or the other.
It is no secret that I am firmly in the fruit dessert camp. Both feet, all the time. And this berry clafoutis is no exception.
Traditional clafoutis are made with cherries (the truly traditional version leaves the pits right in the cherries!). And while I am a sucker for fresh cherries, sometimes I like to switch it up a little.
The summer produce season is short — use all the produce! So for this version, I went with fresh strawberries and blackberries, picked at our local farmer’s market.
If you’re not familiar with clafoutis, let me introduce you to the easiest dessert ever. Not too sweet, not too fancy… and so, so easy. Literally all you need is a blender and a pie dish. That’s it. No creaming butter, no whisking a thick batter.
Dump your ingredients into a blender and give it a whirl. Let the batter sit for a few minutes (or up to overnight – love a good make ahead option!), pour into the pie dish, and bake.
You can pour in the batter, add the berries, and bake all at once, but I like to do it in layers. Pour a little batter, bake just until set. Then add your berries and bake the rest of the way.
This lets the berries sit in the top half of the clafoutis, instead of all sinking to the bottom. Both ways are delicious; the latter is a little prettier.
I think light, fruit based desserts, like this berry clafoutis, are the perfect end to brunch. It’s just a little something sweet to nosh on after a leisurely meal, but not dense or heavy leaving you feeling weighed down for the rest of the day.
Mother’s Day is right around the corner. If you’re hosting your mother for brunch, I’d nominate this to have a spot on your table.
For brunch, I love to slice a room temperature clafoutis into wedges and serve plain. But what if you want to take it up a notch and serve this as a full fledged dessert? Scoop of ice cream.
Instead of cooling and cutting it into a wedge, serve it straight out of the oven. Scoop it out with a spoon, like a custard or pudding, and top with a big scoop of ice cream.
Warm berry clafoutis melting the cold ice cream – it’s dessert perfection.
An easy brunch or dessert, berry clafoutis highlights fresh summer produce and only requires a blender. Serve plain or with a scoop of ice cream on top!
Adapted from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking
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