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Baking Gordon Ramsey’s Cherry Clafoutis – Grasping at Straws

IMG_8754The Gordon Ramey Cherry Clafoutis.

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Literally I was forking grasping at straws to make Gordon Ramsey’s Cherry Clafoutis Recipe.

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After all the cherries needed to be forking pitted and I forking used straws to pit the cherries.

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So today I tried Gordon Ramsay’s Clafoutis recipe. It differed in ingredients from the other Clafoutis Recipes I already prepared. (see WTFork is the clafoutis Pt.1, 2 & 3 if interested) This one was made with mostly almond four and lots of eggs with heavy cream. It’s the richest of the clafoutis recipes I tried so far. I got the directions off the Sunday UK Times and perhaps some of the directions might have been missing so I had to wing it a little forking bit. I had to decide on how long to cook it and whether or not the clafoutis needed to be covered. I also had to decide if I wanted to slice the cherries. The recipe is pretty simple and easy to prepare. I also converted the UK measurements. This recipe came out great and taste delicious! You will impress your guest if you make this one!

Ingredients makes 6 servings

1/2 cup or 50g ground almonds

1/2 oz. or 15g flour

1 pinch fine sea salt

1 cup or 100g caster sugar (fine sugar)

2 large whole eggs

3 large egg yolks

1 cup plus 3/4 teaspoon or 250ml double cream

unsalted butter for greasing baking dish or dishes (4 small dishes are suggested)

icing sugar to dust bowl

3 cups or 300g fresh cherries washed and pitted

Directions set oven to 374 degrees F or 190 degrees C four individual serving dishes are suggested but the recipe said you can use one dish as I did. Your dish or dishes need to be buttered and dusted with icing sugar.

Mix the dry ingredients and make a well in the center.

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In another bowl mix your eggs, yolks, cream.

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And add to your well and mix in.

Your mixture will be on the thin side.

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It’s suggested to leave to mixture rest in your refrigerator overnight or at the very least and hour in your refrigerator.

Get your buttered and dusted bowl or bowls.

If your doing the four bowls your cherries should be one layer.

Place your cherries in the bowl

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and cover with the batter.

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Here is where I winged it. (I note if your doing four bowls you will have to figure out the time in the oven yourself)

I placed the clafoutis uncovered in the oven for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes I saw it had a long way to go so then I covered it and let it go 20 more minutes covered. The clafoutis was done at this point.

The Clafoutis is suppose to be served warm so I cut a few slices.

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The clafoutis came out forking great for still being very warm. It’s also delicious. It’s not too sweet and has a really nice texture with an almond background. It’s light but also rich at the same time. I liked the whole fresh cherries in it and the ends had this tasty caramelized taste that added something.

This Gordon Ramsay’s Cherry Clafoutis Recipe is Forking Great!

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The Forking Truth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTFork is the difference Between Butterscotch and Caramel?

Butterscotch Krimpets

Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets

Butterscotch is very similar to Caramel.

Caramel is made from water, sugar, cream, butter and vanilla cooked to the firm ball stage…..340 degrees…..and is slightly burnt sugar and taste burnt- slightly burnt.

Butterscotch is brown sugar, butter, cream, vanilla and salt and is cooked to the soft crack stage…270-289…….degrees and not always but usually taste very sweet.

They do taste different. One of them I almost never eat.

 The Forking Truth!

The Forking Truth!

 

 

Happy #WineWednesday with my Forking Cute #Wine Dogs

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Once a great bottle of wine is finished I can get a little more use out of it if a snap a cute picture of the bottle with my dogs. Of course dogs can’t forking drink wine but they look forking cute with the bottles.

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Rich and tanic with a hint of berries.

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I would like a forking BIG juicy steak with this wine.

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.Oh what a beautiful nose.

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I never drink anything with a forking screw cap.

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..I don’t drink wine.

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No Forking Purple teeth on me!

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I’m appreciating the aroma.

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..That was a lot of forking wine…..

 The Forking Truth!

The Forking Truth!