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    Flaugnarde

    Posted: Jan 11, 2011 · Updated: Oct 19, 2020 by support · This site earns income from ads, affiliate links, and sponsorships.

    Flaugnarde is a sort of rustic custard reminiscent of classic cherry clafoutis, sweetened our breakfast table this week.

    Mixed berry flaugnarde in a ceramic dish.

    A flaugnarde diverges from its sister, the clafoutis, in one single way: where a clafoutis should only contain black sweet cherries while a flaugnarde may contain any fruit that the cook desires.  So my blueberry clafoutis is, strictly speaking, not a clafoutis at all, but a flaugnarde like this dish.  In addition to fruit, a flaugnarde typically contains eggs, cream and whole milk, a sweetener and a few tablespoons of flour which helps to bind the liquid ingredients together creating a very firm custard.  In this version of flaugnarde, I’ve omitted the flour entirely not only to honor Nourished Kitchen’s gluten- and grain-free readers, but also because I wanted a spoonable dish, soft and milky and delicate.  I’ve also roasted the berries first which helps to deepen their flavor and release their juices before their combined with cream and honey.

    Beyond the simple luxury of this dessert – though we often eat it for breakfast – this flaugnarde also offers nourishment in a way few other sweets do.  Indeed, berries are a particularly good source antioxidants which we know from the essay on why you shouldbutter your vegetables are best absorbed with dietary fat, offered in plentiful beauty by both the fresh cream and farm eggs.  Moreover, berries are a good source of lutein, a naturally occurring carotenoid, that is essential to healthy vision as it helps to keep the eyes safe from oxidative damage.  Lutein, like many nutrients, is lipophilic; that is, it is fat-soluble and not water-soluble.  For this reason, pairing lutein-rich foods with good wholesome fats may help your body to better absorb the nutrient and put it to good use.  There’s a healthy beauty to the natural pairing of berries and cream.

    Fresh cream, particularly the cream of cows allowed to graze on pasture rather than corn- and soy-based feeds, is particularly rich in wholesome, health-protective fats including conjugated linoleic acid and trans-palmitoleic acid.  Conjugated linoleic acid, found naturally in abundance only from butterfat and meat of grass-fed ruminants, is linked to a reduction in the risk of cancer while trans-palmitoleic acid is linked to a reduction in the risk of diabetes.  Sadly, the amount of conjugated linoleic acid found in butterfat is greatly reduced when access to pasture is limited.  So if you’re to reap the benefits of good quality fat, you need to ensure that the milk, cream and meat you consume comes from a pastured animal.

    Similarly, the eggs of hens allowed to peck and graze freely on pasture are also more nutrient-dense than the eggs of conventional hens raised in cramped battery cages, or even of hens raised in industrial “free-range” operations which only allow theoretical access to the outdoors.  Nope, the eggs of truly pasture-raised hens are much different, indeed.  A single pastured egg contains five times more vitamin D, three times more vitamin E, twice the amount of omega-3 fatty acids and seven times the amount of beta carotene as a conventional egg.  In my area, a single pastured egg runs about fifty cents whereas a conventional egg costs about sixteen cents.  Let me tell you, if I’m getting three times the vitamin E and seven times the beta carotene as a conventional egg, that thirty-four cent difference is worth it which is why I only use pastured eggs in my flaugnarde, and in all my cooking.

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    Flaugnarde Recipe

    Flaugnarde, a sort of rustic custard reminiscent of classic cherry clafoutis.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time50 mins
    Total Time1 hr
    Servings: 6 servings
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    Ingredients

    • 2 lbs mixed berries fresh or frozen
    • 2 tablespoons framboise
    • 1 whole egg
    • 2 egg yolks
    • ½ cup heavy cream
    • ½ cup honey

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 400 F.
    • Toss berries with frambroise or vanilla extract and spoon into a baking dish.
    • Roast the berries at 400 F for 10 minutes or until they release the bulk of their juices, which not only improves the depth of flavor in the berries but also eliminates excess liquid which may cause the flaugnarde to be runny or to break easily.
    • Reduce the oven’s temperature to 350 F.
    • Remove the berries from the oven and strain through a fine mesh sieve, reserving juices for another use.
    • While the berries strain, beat whole egg, egg yolks, heavy cream and honey together until they produce a smooth and uniform batter.
    • Spoon strained berries back into the baking dish, add vanilla bean, if using, to the center of the berries and pour batter over the berries and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 Celsius) for forty-five minutes or until the the flaugnarde browns, and the center trembles ever so slightly when touched.
    • Allow the flaugnarde to cool, but serve warm.
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