This French clafoutis is originated in Lumousin, France. A clafoutis is a traditional French custard cake. There are many variations of clafoutis made with different type of cherry or fruit, or served with fruit brandy in France.
In this recipe, I’ve made it with low carb ingredients by replacing the regular flour with almond flour, and a healthier sweetener Xylitol. Also, using blackberries, raspberries or blueberries we can keep the carb level as low as possible.
This dessert can be made a day ahead and kept refrigerated overnight. Before serving, let it sit in room temperature for 30 minutes.
Watch how I prepare this dessert
Here is the recipe
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 5 large eggs
- ½ cup birch Xylitol sweetener
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup almond flour plus 1 tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup fresh blackberry (or mix with raspberry, or blueberry)
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter a 10” round gratin dish. In a large bowl, add the eggs, sweetener and vanilla extract. Whisk the mixture with a balloon whisk until the sweetener is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
- Add the 1 ½ cup almond flour and salt, and whisk until just incorporated. Add the half and half, heavy cream, whisk until it become light and very smooth, about 3 minutes. Pour into the prepared gratin dish.
- In a small bowl, toss to coat the berries with the remainder 1 tablespoon of almond flour. This will help to keep the berries floating on the top when baking. Gently arrange the berries on top of the egg mixture.
- Bake for about 50 to 60 minutes, or until the Clafoutis is set in the center. To check the Clafoutis, lightly shake the gratin dish. When the center is not wobbly, it is set. Remove the Clafoutis from the oven and let it cool completely in room temperature. The Clafoutis may raised during baking and set after cooling.
Serve this blackberries clafoutis with a dollop of home-whipped cream.
Nutrition Fact:
Each serving contains 9 g total carb, 7 g net carb, 8 g protein and 23 g fat.
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Can I use erythritol for the sweetener?
Yes. Just be careful not to feed any sweetener to your pets.
Please may I ask what 1 cup half and half is.
Hi Colleen, ‘Half and Half’ contains half whole milk and half heavy cream. We can find it in the grocery store that labeled ‘Half and Half’. If you can’t find it your grocery store you can use 1/2 cup of whole milk and 1/2 cup of heavy cream is ok.
Thank you Kelly for getting back to me, it is not an item we find here on our shelves in South Africa.