Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette"
Step by step recipe:
- 30 min.
Prepare 350 g Lemon Confectioner's Custard.
When done, cover the custard, stand the pan in cold water and leave to cool.
Set aside. - 10 min.
Peel 6 apples and cut into small pieces. - 10 min.
Pour 30 g Clarified butter into a large frying pan on high heat. When hot, add the apples and 2 tablespoons caster sugar.
Sauté the apples until they soften, but without browning.
You can flambé them with 3 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) if you wish, but this is not essential.
Set aside. - 4 min.
Beat 90 g egg white to the "stiff peak" stage, adding 75 g caster sugar towards the end while still beating, to make the raw meringue mix. - 3 min.
- 4 min.
Then add this mixture to the rest of the meringue and fold in gently until evenly mixed and light.
Note:Mixing in 2 stages like this helps to combine the two different textures of the meringue and confectioner's custard. - 3 min.
Add the apple pieces and mix again gently.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C). - 3 min.
Put the mixture into a buttered gratin dish and bake for about 10 minutes. - 10 min.
After 5 minutes, sprinkle the top with caster sugar and change your oven setting to "grill" (broiler) to brown the top (if your grill is separate, leave the dish in the oven for a couple of minutes longer, then brown briefly under the grill).
Remarks:
Use eating apples, rather than tart cooking apples for this, as the lemon in the confectioner's custard already adds a note of acidity.You will notice that the cooking time is very short - just 10 minutes - 5 minutes of which are under the grill. The clafoutis only really needs to be heated through and the top browned.
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