Cherry Clafoutis | Instant Pot French Dessert

Yes, you too can make an easy, elegant French Dessert at home, in your Instant pot! This simple but very yummy Cherry Clafoutis uses frozen, defrosted cherries so that you can enjoy it any time of year.

Why You'll Love This Instant Pot Cake

• Easy. A simple pour and cook recipe made simple in your Instant Pot.
• Flavorful. Packed with the natural tart and sweet flavors of cherry.
• Versatile. This clafoutis recipe can be customized with a variety of fruits from your refrigerator or freezer.

What Is Clafoutis?

If you're wondering, What is clafoutis, the simplest way I can describe this is fruit baked in a custard or fruit baked in a batter.

Which brings us to making Cherry Clafoutis in an Instant Pot. Traditionally, of course, this is baked. But I often make Instant Pot cakes that were supposed to be baked and they are actually quite delicious. If you haven't tried my Instant Pot Keto Carrot Cake.

So does the Instant Pot actually BAKE these cakes?

Not in the least. They are steamed cakes.

But they do not taste soggy at all. They are just moist and usually fairly light. It's a great way to make cakes without heating up the whole kitchen with your oven.

Ingredients You'll Need

• Frozen Pitted Cherries- These will be thawed and drained before adding them to the Cherry Clafoutis.
• Eggs- Help bind the cake and work as a leavener.
• Truvia- You can substitute the Truvia with 1/2 cup of granulated sugar if you're not watching your carbs.
• All-Purpose Flour
• Whole Milk
• Lemon- The acidity in the lemon helps balance the sweetness in some of the other ingredients.
• Vanilla extract- To bring out the natural sweetness in the cherries.

To make this very simple classic French dessert, you need no fancy ingredients. Just frozen cherries that have been thawed, sugar, milk, flour, vanilla extract--and some lemon juice.

The lemon juice really helps perk up the flavor of the cherries so don't pass up on that. This is a dessert so simple, even a child could make it.

How To Make Cherry Clafoutis

I am no Julia Child (obviously) but I too can make French Desserts--but only if they are stupid easy. This Cherry Clafoutis qualifies.

Basically, you take frozen, defrosted cherries. You mix up some eggs, milk, flour, and sweetener to make a custard, and you cook the two together. Here are the step by step instructions that are broken down even further later on in the post:

1. Place cherries in a heat-safe, well-greased 6 x 4 metal pan.
2. In a blender on low speed, mix together the eggs, sweetener, flour milk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla. Pour this mixture on top of the cherries. Cover the pan with foil sealing well on all sides.
3. Place two cups of water in the inner liner of your Instant Pot. Place a steamer rack into the inner liner.
4. Place the foil-covered bowl on the rack.
5. Cook at high pressure for 20 minutes. Allow the pot to rest undisturbed for 10 minutes, and then release all remaining pressure.
6. At this point, you could choose to top with a little more sugar, and either broil or air fry the Clafoutis, or serve as is

Cherry Clafoutis Variations

I've made this with many different berries. So if you're craving a raspberry dessert, for example, make this with raspberries. Really any kind of berry will work. But so will different soft stone fruits.

I do think you need the fruit to be super ripe if you're going to use plums or peaches, as there isn't enough time to truly cook the fruit down.

What To Serve With Clafoutis

A Cherry Clafoutis is a perfect balance between tart and sweet, but if you're wanting to make your Instant Pot cake even more decadent, consider serving it with one of these:

• Vanilla Ice Cream
• Whipped Topping
• Chocolate Syrup

How Long Does It Last?

Since this clafoutis recipe contains fruit, the moisture content is fairly high. Typically desserts that are high in moisture have a shorter shelf life to avoid bacteria or mold growth.

While this Cherry Clafoutis recipe is technically shelf stable, it does last longer if stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If you keep it chilled, you can expect it to last for 4-5 days. Left at room temperature, you should consume it within 3 days of preparing it in your Instant Pot.

Want More Instant Pot Recipes?

• Instant Pot Butter Chicken is an easy 30-minute dinner and you can make rice on top of it, as the video shows.
• Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is a great vegetarian rice dinner.
• This Lebanese Lentil and Rice dish is another great Vegetarian Instant Pot recipe.
• Instant Pot Indian Khichadi is comfort food in a bowl!
• Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
• Buffalo chicken casserole for the days you want low carb recipes
• You might also like low carb Chicken Biryani that uses riced cauliflower.
• Chicken and Mushrooms are a great combo.
• My kids love Instant Pot Pork Chops with Rice and Vegetables
• Zucchini Lasagna- You won't even miss the pasta.
• Haluski Recipe - A wonderful cabbage and noodles recipe.

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