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Apple Cinnamon Clafoutis

Oct 5th, 2010 6 Comments

Doesn’t this look divine? This was the recipe we made for Cross Country Bakers last month. It’s a French dessert made with apple custard-like filling. Mmmmm… I thought it was about time I posted a recipe for you all, so try this one out for your next dessert (or have it for breakfast like we did!). Enjoy!

Apple Cinnamon Clafoutis

Ingredients:

* About 3 or 4 apples
* 2 large eggs + 1 yolk
* 1/2 cup blond cane sugar
* 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
* 3 Tbsp. all purpose flour
* 1 cup whole milk, cold
* 1 vanilla, seeds removed (I didn’t have vanilla seeds so I used 1 tsp. vanilla)
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
* ground cinnamon

Steps:

* Preheat your oven at 350ºF.
* Peel the apples and cut into cubes or slices whatever you feel is best for the oven dish you are using (I used ramekins)
* Beat the eggs and yolk with the sugar.
* Add the vanilla seeds and mix.
* Dilute the cornstarch in the cold milk.
* Add the flour and cornstarch to the previous preparation, with the cream. Mix well until homogeneous. Add ground cinnamon to your liking.
* Grease small ramekins (or a larger dish) and sprinkle with sugar. Remove the excess.
* Divide the apples  between them and pour the cream over.
* Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and place in the oven for 40 to 45 min, until golden. Remove. Eat warm or cold.

Original recipe from Jungle Frog Cooking.

Apples!

Sep 5th, 2009 4 Comments

Our apples on our trees are starting to become pick-able, and picked they have been! We have two trees, and we’re waiting on the other tree as the apples are smaller. These are green, those are red and green. We don’t spray our trees (or at least we haven’t yet so far) so lots of them have bad spots but you can always cut out bad spots. :-)

Apples in Basket

(Photo courtesy of my sister)

And then, this morning, Mom whipped up this WONDERFUL breakfast with our freshly picked apples:

A German apple pancake, baked in a cast iron skillet… OH. YUM. Wish you could have been here to enjoy it with me! (On second thought, maybe not, more for me! :-) ).

Anyway… just a little snippet from our daily life… I have some more serious posts mulling around in my head – I realize it has been quite I while since I did one of that nature. Thanks for stopping by!

Refreshing Summer Cooler

Aug 4th, 2009 5 Comments

Watermelon SlushiI’m sorry for not posting in so long… things have been busy around here. The weather has been unseasonably cool this summer, though yesterday and today are warmer. On those very hot days, it’s always nice to have a little pick-me-up.

Something we have enjoyed lately are watermelon slushis. These are super easy to make and very co-o-o-ld to cool you down on a hot day. This is a recipe we really just make up as we go, so there are no real measurements.

Cut up watermelon into cubes. Most watermelons are seedless nowadays but if you have one with seeds, make sure you get those out. Put your watermelon in your blender. If you are looking for amounts, probably 1/3 full is good. Then add some ice. We start with a bit less than the amount of watermelon we put in. Blend that together. Continue to add more ice until you have reached a thick slushi consistency (no longer runny). Spoon into glasses and enjoy! Oh, and a word of caution – it’s a good idea to scoop instead of pour the slushi into the glasses… take it from me, you will end up with a mess on your counter if you don’t. :-)

Though we haven’t tried it this way yet, you could experiment with flavors too – add a little lemon or orange juice to give it some zing, or maybe mint?