Clafoutis of grapes

The clafoutis, or clafouti, is a sweet baked compound in the original recipe by black cherries dipped into a paste similar to that of crepes. The name comes clafotis Occitan, from the verb "clafir" which means to fill, implied "cherry". The cake is also excellent when prepared with grapes or other fruit.

Ingredients:

• 20 grapes black or white
• 2.83 OZ (80 gams) sugar
• 3 eggs
• 7 OZ (200 grams) of flour type 00
• 1 cup of milk
• 2.83 OZ (80 gams) and the butter for greasing the pan more than
• 1 small glass of sweet wine

Time: 1 hour

Oven: 392 ° F

Fig. 1

Grease a baking sheet and place on the bottom of the grapes, washed and dried, without overlapping (fig. 1)

With a hand whisk or electric mix the sugar with the melted butter in a double boiler and the eggs.

Fig. 2

Add the milk little by little and gently incorporating the flour until the mixture is smooth and fairly liquid. Always flush the sweet wine, stirring to incorporate.

Pour the mixture on the grapes (fig.2) and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes at 392°F then lower to 300 ° F and cook for 30 minutes.

Serve in the pan, too warm with a dusting of icing sugar.

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Bread with grapes

Ingredients:

• Bread dough (with 3 OZ sugar)
• 1 bunch of black grapes or 5 OZ (150 gr.) raisins dried
• 5 tablespoons cherry jam
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon of honey and three water
• 1 tablespoon of oil to grease the pan

Oven: 350° F
Time: 1 hour + rising

For this cake you can prepare a bread dough, but not putting the salt, but 3 OZ (80 grams) of sugar and following the usual recipe.

Fig.1

If you have little time you can prepare yourself for the bread dough ready thet found in the supermarket. Roll it out with a rolling pin adding a little of the 3 OZ (80 grams) of sugar and fold it back on itself and roll back until the sugar is all incorporated, continue until all the sugar is over.
If you use fresh grapes cut and sprinkle with a tablespoon of sugar if you use the dry let it soaked in a bit of warm water. Then drain well and dry.
Preheat the oven to 350° F .

Fig. 2

Roll out the bread dough getting the dough is not too thin. Spread the jam over the edge, leaving about an inch open and sprinkle over the grapes or raisins (fig.1).
Roll up like a roll the dough leaving the closing down and let it rest for half an hour (fig.2).
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the honey with 3 tablespoons of water and then lay it on the surface of the bread with a brush.
Now placed in the oven hot oven with a cup of water and bread.
Cook for about half an hour.
Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

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“Focaccia” with grapes

It's a sweet bread between bread and cake!

Ingredients

• Bread dough (with 3 OZ sugar)
• 8.50 OZ of black grapes seedless
• 2 OZ  sugar
• 3 tablespoons oil EVO

Oven: 350°F

 

Time: 1 hour + rising

For this cake you can prepare a bread dough, but not putting the salt, but 3 OZ (80 grams) of sugar and following the usual recipe.
If you have little time you can prepare yourself for the bread dough ready thet found in the supermarket. Roll it out with a rolling pin adding a little of the 3 OZ (80 grams) of sugar and fold it back on itself and roll back until the sugar is all incorporated, continue until all the sugar is over.
Take a baking pan and grease it with a tablespoon of oil, roll out the dough put in the pan, leaving just 1/3.
Let stand half an hour in the oven with the light turned on.
Wash and dry the grapes. Halve a portion of the grapes.
Passed the half-hour distributed the grapes cut dough evenly and sprinkled with a little sugar.
Spread the 1/3 of dough and cover the cut grape.
Brush with oil and then cover it with whole grapes.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Let stand half an hour in the oven with the light turned on.
Leaving the pan in the oven (middle) turn it on to 350°F (180 °C) with the timer at 45 'and put a cup with water. If you see that the surface is too dry brush with oil and cover with greaseproof paper.
Once it has cooled remove from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.
If you wish, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Tart with grapes

A sweet typical of late summer: the freshness of the tart joins one of the first fruits of autumn.

Ingredients:

• shortbread
• custard
• a bunch of white grapes
• a few grains of black grapes
• 2 tablespoons of apricot jam or jelly

Oven: 356°F (180 ° C)

I made this cake yesterday,  for some friends.

You can made the usual shortcrust pastry recipe you find here and put in a tart pan with shaped bottom, because then we stuffed stuffed to the contrary.

 Baked for 25/30 minutes at 356°F (180 ° C) or as soon as it sees the gilding.

 After cooking you did cool down for 10 minutes and then turn the cake on a board and let rest without further remove the cake pan.

Meanwhile, shell the grapes, wash well and dry it.

 After you removed from the pan and turn.

 We then filled the base with the custard and placed over the grains of black and white grapes.

 Finally you can put a little jelly cake, type "tortagel" or some apricot jam heated with a tablespoon of rum, so it prevents the fruit is not damaged and remains lucid.

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