Clafoutis with red onions, courgette flowers and goat cheese

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10-09-2024 |
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A savory and tasty version of the typical French cherry dessert of the same name:the recipe for clafoutis with red onions will amaze even the most demanding palates.

The vegetables and cheese make clafoutis with red onions, courgette flowers and goat cheese a tasty vegetarian appetizer or a perfect dish for a trip out of town.

Scope Main course

Kitchen Mediterranean

Total time 1

Ingredients

2 red onions from Tropea
200 ml fresh cream
250 ml organic milk
100 g spelled flour
50 g grated parmesan
100 g fresh goat cheese
3 organic eggs
4-6 courgette flowers
fresh thyme
1 walnuts butter
olive oil extra virgin
salt and pepper

Preparation

Start preparing the clafoutis with red onions and courgette flowers by peeling and thinly slicing the onions.Clean the courgette flowers eliminating the stalk and the internal pistil, then wash them gently under a fine jet of cold water.

Taglio delle cipolle © Beatrice Spagoni — Cutting red onion rings @ Beatrice Spagoni

Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them, then add the cream, the milk and mix well using a whisk.Also add a spoonful of oil and the flour, sifting it a little at a time and continuing to mix with the whisk until you obtain a homogeneous compound.

Impasto dei clafoutis © Beatrice Spagoni — Eggs, cream and milk for the clafoutis dough @ Beatrice Spagoni

Pour the grated parmesan, add some thyme leaves, season with salt and pepper and mix again.Preheat the oven at 180°C.

Timo e Parmigiano per il composto © Beatrice Spagoni — Thyme and Parmesan flavor the mixture @ Beatrice Spagoni

In the meantime, butter the inside of single-portion molds, dust them with a veil of flour and pour a little batter into each up to about 2/3 of the mold.Sprinkle the surface with courgette flower petals, a few onion rings, a few more thyme leaves and a slice of goat cheese.Bake the clafoutis and leave to cook for approximately 30 minutes.When the surface is golden, take the clafoutis with red onions, courgette flowers and goat cheese out of the oven, let them cool and serve.

I clafoutis appena sfornati © Beatrice Spagoni — The clafoutis with red onions, courgette flowers and freshly baked goat cheese @ Beatrice Spagoni

Curiosities and advice

Clafoutis is originally a traditional French culinary dessert famous in its typical version with cherries.The term, of Occitan origin, would mean "fill”.In fact it is the preparation of a sort enriched batter from ingredients to taste.We offer you the savory version with vegetables and cheese, tasty and appetizing.

Steps

Peel and slice the onions.
Clean the courgette flowers and remove their pistils.
In a bowl, beat the eggs with the cream and milk with a whisk.
Add the oil and flour while continuing to mix.
Also add the parmesan, thyme, salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Meanwhile, butter each single-portion mold and dust it with a thin layer of flour.
Pour a little of the batter obtained into each mold.
Sprinkle courgette flower petals, onion rings and thyme leaves on the surface and place a slice of goat cheese in the centre.
Bake the clafoutis for about 30 minutes.
When the surface of the clafoutis is golden, take them out of the oven, let them cool and serve.

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