Every month, I look forward to getting a lovely email from the Secret Recipe Club with the details of my next assignment. I look at it as a little bloggy gift – discovering a blog that might or might not have crossed my path. When I get the assignment, I take a few days, wandering through the blog, looking at various recipes, reading their stories and then try to narrow down the recipes that pique my culinary interest. Sometimes it is hard to narrow it down to just a few. There are blogs that I want to make almost every. single. recipe. and this month’s blog was one of them.
This month, I was assigned Eliot’s Eats, an amazing blog that believes in the power of local ingredients. I was so inspired by so much of what I read at Eliot’s Eats.. I never really thought about where the ingredients in the grocery store came from and, now that I’m more aware, I will try to make more local choices. In addition, they love to can and you know I’ve just started my “Canning In Stilettos” journey, with the goal to get some lovelies in the pantry for winter. So, to narrow a recipe to just one was torture for this gal. I mean how can you choose between Espresso Brownies with a Baileys Ganache, Blackberry Lemon Jam with Cinnamon Basil, Bacon Jam, or a decadent Amaretto Chocolate Coffee Bundt Cake.
I finally settled on this divine Plum Clafoutis. I adore making clafoutis – especially with cherries. However, I had never tried it with plums. To be honest – and I have a bit of a confession here – I never cooked with plums that I can think of. I tend to eat them as is, if that makes sense. So, this recipe was a huge eye opener for me. I decided to add a little warmth to the batter with some cinnamon and nutmeg and, well, since we’re at full on confession mode, I added a bit more amaretto to the batter as well. I don’t know what I was thinking but I was rather happy with the outcome. Sadly, it was humid as all heck in Philly when I made this and, while it was set when the clafoutis came out of the oven, it was like a bit of a bread pudding when I went to serve it. No worries – a scoop of vanilla ice cream served alongside made it all better.
Many thanks to the Secret Recipe Club for introducing me to my new daily must read – Eliot’s Eats and to the couple behind Eliot’s Eats – you have inspired me in more ways than one. Thank you.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. plums, pitted cut into large dice (about 5 plums)
- Zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1/3 cup of brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons of melted butter (cooled)
- 3 tablespoons of Amaretto (I used DiSarrano – I say don't cook with it unless you'd drink it )
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl, add the plums, lemon juice and zest and brown sugar. Toss well to coat and set aside.
- In a blender, add the eggs, sugar, milk, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cooled melted butter, Amaretto and vanilla. Blend until smooth.
- Tumble the macerated plums into a shallow baking dish that has been buttered or sprayed with a non-stick spray.
- Pour the batter over the plums.
- Bake in the oven for 35 – 45 minutes, until fully set.
- Serve warm with a bit of ice cream or whipped cream and enjoy!
Notes
Recipe adapted from Eliot's Eats
Gather the Ingredients
Nothing like a little fruit maceration, right?
Pouring in the batter.
Puffed and golden – straight from the oven.
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Seeing this gorgeous recipe makes me so very happy that my plums are almost ripe! Drool, drool, drool!
Twitter: melissa_826
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Wow! This looks fabulous! I love plums but I don’t think I’ve ever baked with them. Great SRC pick!
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We have been getting tons of plums in our veggie box this summer. This would be a great way to use them and quite tasty too! Love your SRC choice.
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I love clafoutis! I made one with peaches and have yet to try another fruit. But it’s such an easy summer dessert. Plums look like an incredible choice too!
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I’m not a big plum person but this looks good!
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This look delicious! I love plums!
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You know, I don’t ever cook with plums but this sounds so good, I totally should. I LOVE Disarrona and agree that it would be the only way to go. This looks SO good!
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Wow! Totally drooling over here! What a great recipe. I can just imagine the ice cream melting over a warm piece of this clafoutis! YUM!!
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We’ve been eating so much yummy summer fruit that I keep forgetting to set some aside and bake with it, this looks fantastic!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the kind words. I am really glad you made this recipe and no confessions needed—-I think adding more Amaretto is genius (along with the warm spiciness of cinnamon and nutmeg.) Your picture shows it turning out perfect!
Again, thanks for the glowing write-up.
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Gosh, I don’t think I’ve ever baked with plums either…I’ve only made a peach clafoutis. I think I may need to change that as your version here with Amaretto sounds amazing! Excellent SRC post
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Aly, how fortunate you were to get Eliot’s Eats. I love her blog, she’s so genuine and funny. The clafoutis looks divine (I love them…they are perfect breakfast lunch or dinner!) And the amaretto, of you so had me at the amaretto! BTW, it was great having your blog this month!
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I love this recipe! And I am so into eating what is local and seasonal as I believe it makes a huge difference
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hi Aly
I tried this yesterday ! It works!
My family like the spiced plum clafoutis so much! Thank you for making me look like a professional cooker.
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Twitter: chrisseskitchen
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Mmm that looks amazing! The plums look so vibrantly pretty. I agree that if you can’t drink it, don’t cook with it
. Debra has a wonderful blog and I had the fortune of having her blog on our last swap. Great pick!
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The plum clafoutis looks fabulous, esp. when served with ice cream!
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What you said…about never having baked with plums? That was me not so very long ago…amazing what we had been missing isn’t it? Though I think they can be a pain. Why oh why do some stone fruits feel inclined to hold on to their fruit with such ferocity??
This looks totally fabulous; wish I had some for breakfast right now.
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This looks delicious! I love plums any way I can get them, and this is a great recipe for me to make this weekend for a get together. Thanks
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What a lovely dish!
What a perfect summer dessert. I imagine any stone fruit would be wonderful prepared this way.Plums are one of my favorite fruits so I’ll go with them and a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Wow this looks tasty!
Looks great. I just adore Debra, she is such a wonderful person and I agree with you, tons of wonderful recipes on her blog. Great pick for this one though.
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