Recipe for cooking Pear Clafouti

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Pear Clafouti

From the kitchen of Martin James – Copenhagen, Denmark

4 lrg. eggs
1/2 c. sugar
Pin. of salt
1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. milk
1/4 c. (1/2 stick) melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
3 lrg. pears, peeled, cored, sliced
Powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Generously butter 9-in.-diameter deep-dish glass pie plate.

Beat eggs, 1/2 c. sugar and salt in med. bowl to blend. Whisk in flour. Add milk, butter, vanilla and lemon peel and whisk until smooth. Arrange pears in bottom of prepared plate. Pour custard over pears. Bake until clafouti is set in center and golden on top, about 55 mins.. Sprinkle powdered sugar over and serve.

Serves 6.