Classic Dutch Baby with Cherries and Amaretto
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Recipe adapted from Sunset Magazine
Ingredients
  • 2 cups, pitted fresh bing cherries
  • ¼ cup of butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Amaretto liqueur, or (1/4 to ½ teaspoon of almond extract)
  • ½ cup of toasted, sliced almonds
  • ¾ cup of flour
  • ¾ cup of whole milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons, sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste or vanilla
  • powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 425F.
  2. For The Batter:
  3. Whisk together, eggs, flour, milk, salt, sugar and vanilla bean paste until nice and smooth, or you can whizz it in a blender.
  4. In a heavy, 10 to 12 inch oven proof pan like a cast iron, melt the butter on stove top.
  5. When butter is melted add the cherries and the Amaretto liqueur. (or almond extract).
  6. Saute the cherries in the butter and Amaretto for around 2 minutes, stirring them gently.
  7. Pour the batter into the pan with the cherries, then place the pan into the preheated oven.
  8. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.
  9. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle with the toasted almonds, the pancake will sink down and settle into the pan.
  10. Slice and serve with syrup, honey, whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.
Recipe by Proud Italian Cook at https://www.prouditaliancook.com/2019/07/classic-dutch-baby-with-cherries-and-amaretto.html