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Clafoutis

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cla⋅fou⋅ti

[klah-foo-tee]
–noun, plural ‑fou⋅tis [‑foo-tee] .
a tart made of fruit, esp. cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
Also called cla⋅fou⋅tis [klah-foo-tee; Fr. kla-foo-tee] .
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cla·fou·ti or cla·fou·tis   (klä-fōō-tē')   
n.  A baked dessert composed of a layer of fresh fruit topped with a thick batter.

[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.]
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