Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A baked dessert composed of a layer of fresh fruit topped with a thick batter.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of clafoutis.
Etymologies
- French clafoutis, from Old French : claufir, to attach with nails (from Latin clāvō fīgere : clāvō, ablative sing. of clāvus, nail + fīgere, to fix) + foutis, nominalized form of foutre, to stuff; see footle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“these remind me a lot of french clafouti, which is an eggy pancake with fruit in it.”
“But Lucky did have room for a piece of clafouti, which is a pancake-ish type of pie with fruit in it—this one had Government Surplus canned apricots, but you couldn’t tell they weren’t regular canned apricots.”
“I made palappams, a cherry clafouti, paneer curry but nothing photographed well.”
“At the last moment, Mizuho, who has patiently waiting her turn at the oven, whips up a clafouti, though because of her accent, no one understands what she is making until it comes out of the oven.”
“A wonderful pear clafouti and good strong coffee followed.”
“You may remember that Joe Yonan got to spend clafouti time with him in Paris a while back.”
“I love your eggplant clafouti: glad to see somebody make a successful version of it.”
“I've also fallen asleep to thoughts of eggplant clafouti.”
“Interestingly enough, I've never had bitter eggplants before -- all the eggplants I've eaten were never bitter -- until our eggplant clafouti.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clafouti’.
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Yummy
my favorite food words
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Just Desserts
The most sinful desserts from around the world.
tiramisù, zabaglione, panforte, gelato, granita, crème brûlée, flan, clafouti, crêpe suzette, crème caramel, mendiant, baklava and 36 more...
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A feast of words
words that make my mouth water (the items are rather tasty too)
pumpkin, cream, plum, hominy, cinnamon, frangipane, clafouti, semolina, anise, vanilla, peanut, porridge and 44 more...
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food words
mirepoix, chanterelle, confit, saucier, roux, bouillabaisse, santoku, muffuletta, turducken, en papillote, struffoli, compound butter and 42 more...
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absquatulate, bloviate, clinchpoop
In which I reveal that, for the most part, I have the sense of humour of a third-grader.
scuttlebutt, fisticuffs, milquetoast, besotted, behemoth, filibuster, verklempt, indefatigable, plenipotentiary, porcine, mitosis, strumpet and 65 more...
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