Recipe - Gascon Clafoutis With Prunes

1 tablespoon Butter; plus 6 tablespoons
1 pound Pitted prunes; soaked 4
hours in One half cup Armagnac,
reserve 2 tablespoons
soaking liquid
Three fourths cup Flour
One half cup Sugar
8 Eggs
4 cup Milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease a shallow 12 to 14inch quiche dish. Melt
the 6 tablespoons butter, browning lightly. Layer prunes in pattern on
quiche dish. Mix flour, sugar, eggs and melted brown butter in a mixing
bowl. Add the 2 tablespoons of reserved prune soaking liquid. Stir in milk
to form a thin batter. Pour batter over prunes and bake in oven 35 to 40
minutes, until inserted knife exits cleanly. Serve warm from dish.

Yield: 6 servings

NOTES : Recipes Copyright Mario Batali 1997. All rights reserved.

Recipe by: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO #ME1A24

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Sue suechef@sover.net on Feb 12, 1998