Candice Brown’s Raspberry, Blueberry and Almond Clafoutart

What could be better than sweet batter spiked with fresh raspberries and blueberries? Sweet batter given a little hug by flaky puff pastry! Not totally authentic, we know, but we couldn’t resist. If you want to stick to the French way, skip the pastry and pop the batter straight in a buttered tin. It’s the ultimate, stodgy, sweet Yorkshire pudding. Follow Candice Brown‘s clafoutart recipe below…

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Candice Brown’s Raspberry, Blueberry & Almond Clafoutart

Ingredients

Serves eight

• 300g sheet of puff pastry
• two eggs
• 40g light soft brown sugar
• 25ml spiced rum
• 65ml whole milk
• 65ml double cream
• Zest of one lemon
• Sprig of fresh lemon thyme
• 25g unsalted butter, melted
• 30g plain flour
• 200g fresh blueberries
• 200g fresh raspberries
• 30g flaked almonds

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C fan.
2. Tease the puff pastry into the flutes of a 23–25cm loose-bottomed flan tin. Leave the edges sticking up, then gently fold over. Scrunch and lay some greaseproof paper in the pastry case, weighed down with baking beans. Bake for 15 minutes, remove the paper and baking beans, and bake for a further five minutes.
3. Beat the eggs, sugar and rum together in a jug. Then add the milk, cream, lemon zest and lemon thyme leaves, if using, and beat well. Pour in the melted butter and whisk vigorously. Sift in the flour and whisk until all the lumps are gone.
4. Tip the blueberries and raspberries into the pastry case and then pour in the batter. Scatter over the almonds and bake for 25–30 minutes until the batter is just set and starting to turn golden around the edges.
5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool until warm. Serve with pouring cream.

Happy Cooking by Candice Brown is out now (Ebury Press, £22), waterstones.com

Featured image: © Ellis Parrinder

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