Yesterday morning I was looking through our downstairs freezer where we keep things for long-term storage. I stumbled upon a plastic bag with 16 frozen figues in it. It was time to use them or lose them, so decided to make a fig clafoutis, a sort of crustless custard tart. Above left you see the figs once I thawed them and cut each one in half, and above left are the makings for the custard: milk, eggs, sugar, and flour.
What you do is mix together all the custard ingredients. You butter a baking dish and arrange the figs in a single layer. Then you pour the custard mix over them and put the dish into a hot oven and let it back until the custard sets up and starts to brown. Take it out of the over and sprinkle some slivered almonds and raw sugar over all that. Put it back into the hot oven and let it brown a little more. Serve it at room temperature or cold, spooning it out of the dish. I wouldn't try to unmould it.
Delicious!
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