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Clafoutis (French pronunciation:; Occitan: clafotís or [kʎafuˈtiː]), sometimes spelled clafouti in Anglophone countries, is a French dish of fruit, traditionally unpitted black cherries, arranged in a buttered dish, covered with a thick but pourable batter, then baked to create a crustless tart.
Clafoutis is a baked French dessert of fruit, traditionally black cherries, [1] arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan-like batter. Crème brûlée consists of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.
The word comes from the French verb confire (to preserve), which in turn comes from the Latin word (conficere), meaning "to do, to produce, to make, to prepare." [3] The French verb was first applied in medieval times to fruits cooked and preserved in sugar.
Compote or compôte [1] (French for stewed fruit [2]) is a dessert originating from medieval Europe, [citation needed] made of whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup.Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices.
In French, however, eau de vie is a generic term for distilled spirits. The proper French term for fruit brandy is eau-de-vie de fruit, while eau-de-vie de vin means wine spirit , and several further categories of spirits (distilled from grape pomace, lees of wine, beer, cereals, etc.) are also legally defined as eau-de-vie in a similar fashion.
The English word pomace derives from Medieval Latin pomaceum ("cider") and pomaceus ("pomaceous, appley"), from Classical Latin pomum ("fruit, apple"). [2] The word was originally used for cider and only later applied to the apple mash before or after pressing, via various cognate terms in northern French dialects, before being used for such byproducts more generally.
The tarte Tatin (French pronunciation: [taʁt tatɛ̃]), named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. It originated in France but has spread to other countries over the years.
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