Sweet, fresh cherries are paired with deep, rich chocolate chips in a creamy custard-like cake in this easy to make Cherry Chocolate Clafoutis...
Okay, I know some of you all may be scratching your heads right now and wondering what in the world is a clafoutis?? Trust me- I was right there with you earlier this summer. I was noticing more and more of these clafoutis recipes popping up on recipe sites and fellow food blogs, but I found myself so intimidated by the "fancy" name that I just stopped right there. They all looked delicious and amazing, but I just didn't bother to take a look at the recipes.
Let's face it- it is a French word and a French dish. French cuisine and baking always seems so fancy and involved. But there is another side to the French culinary world that originates more from their countryside- a rustic and easier style of cooking and baking. And though a clafoutis sounds refined and complicated, let me assure you all that it is far from being either one of those things.
In fact when curiosity finally got the best of me and I checked out a clafoutis recipe or two, I wanted to kick myself for shying away from trying to make one of my own for so long. They are so, so easy to make, folks. But at the same time, they are rustically elegant.
A traditional clafoutis is usually made with just fresh cherries, but I just had to add to some dark chocolate chips to this recipe... because cherries and chocolate! Is there a more perfect dessert flavor combination? ;) I scored a bag of the Pacari Organic Chocolate Drops Raw 70% when I attended the Food & Wine Conference last month, and when I came up with the idea for this clafoutis I knew immediately that I would use them in this dessert recipe.
Sweet, fresh cherries are paired with deep, rich chocolate chips in a creamy custard-like cake in this easy to make Cherry Chocolate Clafoutis...
