clafoutis

American  

[klah-foo-tee] / ˌklɑ fuˈti /

Or clafouti

noun

plural

clafoutis

1. a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.

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Etymology

Origin of clafoutis

First recorded in 1925-30; from French dialect (central) clafoutis, clafouti ; further origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of dialectal clafir, claufir “to cover, fill, scatter, strew or decorate with ornaments,” from Old French “to nail, fix with nails,” from Latin clāvō figere “to fasten with a nail” (equivalent to clāvō, ablative singular of clāvus + figere ) and foutis, noun use of foutis, simple past of foutre “to have intercourse (with)”; fouter ( def. )

Example Sentences

This year’s second-most popular recipe wasn’t just a dessert—it was an entrance into autumn itself: Apple Butter Clafoutis.

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One late August evening about seven years ago, Stephen arrived at my door carrying a clafoutis.

From Salon

Since then, it’s been clafoutis summers in our house every year.

From Salon

But on the first official day of fall this year, when the thermometer still lingered well above 80 degrees, I realized I wasn’t ready to retire clafoutis for the season, as though it were a pair of beach towels or swim goggles bound for the storage bin.

From Salon

I set out to find the clafoutis that could do fall justice, and as usual, the details mattered.

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