Pear Clafouti from France

With pears in the fridge needing to be eaten, I researched different recipes which used pears as their core ingredient.  Eventually I was attracted to a clafouti which is supposed to be the national dessert of France.  Granted it is usually made with black cherries.  This recipe is unbelievably easy to make.  I was actually shocked that something so delicious could be so simple.  I served it with a thin pouring custard, but it could just as easily be served with whipped cream or ice-cream.

3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups milk
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 pears peeled, cored and sliced
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius.  Grease a pie dish.  Lay the pear slices on the bottom of the pie dish.  In a mixing bowl mix together the remaining ingredients to form a thin batter.  Pour the batter over the pear slices.  Pop the pie dish into the hot oven and bake for 40 minutes until the batter has set and is golden brown.  Serve hot with pouring custard, cream or ice-cream and be prepared for your dinner guests to be wowed.  They will not believe how something with such a grand sounding name could be so quick and easy this was to make.
Cindy Vine is the author of Hush Baby, Not Telling, Defective and C U @ 8.  All her books are available on Amazon in both kindle and paperback formats.  Cindy is currently working on a recipe book.