Ingredients:
6 eggs
1 1/4 cup whole milk (or half & half)
6 Tbsp sugar
2 cups Bartlett or Comice pears, peeled and sliced
3/4 cup unbleached white flour plus 1 Tbsp for dusting fruit
1 tsp culinary lavender
1 Tbsp brandy
1/2 tsp salt
confectioners’ sugar for dusting
A batter-type cake from south central France that is served as a delicious dessert or an elegant breakfast. Try using other fruits like black cherries. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 9-inch round baking dish. Combine eggs, milk, sugar, lavender, brandy and salt in a food processor. Add flour and blend until combined. Toss fruit in a separate bowl with 1 Tbsp flour. Distribute fruit into baking dish. Pour the egg mixture over and bake 30 mins or until skewer comes out clean. Cool slightly and then dust with confectioners’ sugar. Serve warm. Serves 8.
