Cottage Cheese Clafouti

Description: This breakfast custard is delicious with berries, sour cream or yogurt, brown sugar and/or cinnamon sugar. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (June 1985)

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups cream-style cottage cheese (low fat or regular)
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Butter (with the 1 tablespoon butter) and dust with 1 tablespoon sugar a 2-quart casserole dish.
3. In a blender combine the next 7 ingredients (half and half - salt) and blend until smooth. Add cottage cheese to mixture and blend on low speed for five seconds. Pour mixture into prepared dish.
4. Bake for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350-degrees F and bake 10 more minutes. Sprinkle with the last 1 tablespoon sugar and bake another 5 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes clean.
5. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes before serving.