Claufouti – a baked French dessert of fruit, traditionally black cherries, arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan-like batter – that’s the official definition anyway.  This recipe was published in the Woman’s Day sometime ago, but I only started making it more recently.  It’s a terrific dinner party dessert, because you can prepare it beforehand and then put it in the oven while you’re eating the main course.  I don’t bother with the cinnamon sticks, I just serve it with some cream and icecream and everyone seems to like it.