Sunday April 26, 2009
Sunday sweets :: cherry clafoutis
This Sunday’s baking was decidedly not photogenic. But it disappeared in just a few minutes, so I’ll take yummy-if-ugly for this week, I guess. It was also a total cheat: when I travel, I look for mixes in the baking section to see what an instant national classic is like. It’s normally nowhere near as fabulous as making it from scratch, but it’s a strange compulsion just to find something I can’t find here and see how it turns out. So this was a cherry clafoutis mix bought for the princely price of €1.49 in a corner grocer in Paris. Just add milk and cherries and bake for the better part of an hour. (Or be a rebel and add amaretto because if something has cherries, something should have amaretto. That’s what I believe, anyway.)
I am sure this clafoutis recipe would be far more fabulous (and it is obviously very pretty!) but reading the directions in every language but English made this simple mix enough of an adventure for this Sunday.
The bigger event on Sunday was the London marathon—we certainly aren’t running but it starts so close to home that we’ve made it a bit of an annual event with guests for a big breakfast, watching at the starting line then shortcutting over to the six mile mark to cheer some more. We managed to catch a few pictures of Ed – the only person we actually knew who was running – and yes, Peter Andre and Jordan, for a laugh.
Surely her shoulder was in agony by the end of the marathon if he ran like that for the entire race?
xlovesx
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28 April 2009, 00:57
You know it doesn’t look that pretty but it does look yummy. And I agree on the Amareto, must have
28 April 2009, 06:31
those chemical clafoutis reciepes aren’t good, but if you wish to have a traditionnal french reciepe of clafoutis, e-mail me, i’ll translate it for you. I’d love to have one of those spare kits from your class in Paris, are they going to be in the shop sales section, or do we order by mail ?
28 April 2009, 20:01
Oooooh… have to try clafoutis! Love cherries!
As for Peter Andre and Jordan … her “tan” really has a similar shade to her t’shirt, right??? ;)
30 May 2009, 21:11
Aww, doesn’t he look cute. And Katie and Peter in happier times… sniff sniff.