The recipe for apple charlotte is known to many.This is a pie that is very easy to make, but has a delicious taste. It is baked both on holidays and on weekdays. It helps out the hostess at the moment when, as they say, guests are already on the doorstep. There are several versions regarding the name of this pie. Among them is the story of a cook who was hopelessly in love with a girl. And it was to her that the enamored cook dedicated the dessert he had invented. As you might guess, the name of this girl is Charlotte. Another version claims that this delicious pie is named after Queen Charlotte, who was the wife of King George III of Great Britain in the 18th century. The queen was awarded this “award” due to her active support for the cultivation of apple orchards. Therefore, in old cookbooks you can find the spelling “charlotte” from the English word Charlotte. At that time, charlotte was prepared without heat treatment and was one of the varieties of English bread pudding. According to an old recipe, pieces of bread are soaked in apple syrup or in syrup made from pears, apricots, plums. The bread prepared in this way is laid in layers, between which the fruit filling is placed. The topmost layer of this dessert is bread. Based on this recipe, our mothers and grandmothers, back in the last century, created a recipe for an excellent charlotte with apples - a simple and economical pie with an amazing taste. The news about this quickly spread, and in many cities of our country housewives began to bake this pie. We invite you to try it and see for yourself the exceptional taste of the most delicate apple pie.
Apple Charlotte
To prepare charlotte with apples you canuse any biscuit recipe: classic, butter, soda, sour cream. We suggest you use a simplified recipe for making biscuit dough. Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of solid and sour apples (better - the grade "Antonovka"),
- 4 eggs,
- 1 cup of sugar,
- 1 cup of flour.
Preparation: Make the dough.To do this, first beat the raw eggs very well with a mixer, gradually adding sugar. Then add flour and salt (on the tip of a knife) in portions to the eggs beaten with sugar. The result should be a mixture that resembles sour cream in consistency. There is a small nuance: the better this mass is beaten, the tastier and fluffier the pie will be. To prepare the filling, wash the apples, remove the core and cut the pulp into small pieces. If desired, you can peel them, but this is not necessary. Next, take a baking pan and grease it with oil. Sprinkle the bottom and walls of the pan with breadcrumbs, flour or semolina. Next, you need to put the chopped apples on the bottom of the pan and evenly pour them with dough. Place the filled pan in the oven, which is already preheated to 180 degrees. Baking time is about 30-40 minutes. The readiness of the pie is checked with a match or a toothpick. If there is no wet dough left on the stick stuck into the pie, then our apple pie is ready!
Charlotte with apples and pears
As already mentioned, apple charlotte is veryeasy to prepare. Therefore, it is quite difficult to diversify the recipe for this pie. Of course, there are several variations, but they are still based on the recipe for a regular sponge cake with apples. We offer you a recipe for charlotte, which differs from the previous one only in the filling, namely, the presence of pears in the pie. Ingredients:
- 3 pears,
- 3 apples,
- 3 eggs,
- 1 cup of sugar,
- 1 cup of flour,
- 1/2 bag of baking powder,
- 1 sachet of vanillin,
- butter, powdered sugar.
Preparation:Let's start with making the dough, using a regular sponge cake recipe. So, we need to beat the eggs with a whisk, and then, gradually adding sugar, beat or grind the egg-sugar mixture until white. Then, flour, baking powder and vanillin are added in small portions. All this is thoroughly mixed until smooth. Now you need to take a deep, but small-diameter frying pan without a handle. Put a circle cut out of baking paper on its bottom. The paper circle and the sides of the frying pan must be greased with butter. Thanks to this, the baked goods will not burn, and it will be easier to remove them from the container. After this, you need to remove the core from the pears and apples, cut the pulp into cubes and place it in an even layer on the frying pan. Next, completely fill the entire surface of the pears with the prepared dough. Now you need to put the frying pan in the oven, which is already heated to 180 degrees and bake the charlotte for 30-40 minutes. When the charlotte with apples and pears is ready, you need to take it out of the oven, cool it and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Fantasy is allowed!
The apple pie recipe "Charlotte" has many variations. To help you decide, and perhaps even invent your own recipe, we recommend trying the following:
- cook the dough, add vanilla or cinnamon to it, and if you like to experiment, you can pour in poppy or finely chopped chocolate;
- a charlotte with apples is a classic, but you can put other fruits in the filling, or completely replace them, for example, with plums or apricots;
- The charlotte is delicious and with fresh whole or grated berries: cranberries, cranberries or currants;
- in the absence of fresh apples, you can prepare a charlotte with dried fruits (raisins, prunes or dried apricots), and can also be made with walnuts.
Speaking of apple pie charlotte, besides itsexcellent taste, I would like to note its benefits. And all this, thanks to apples, which contain vitamins and antioxidants necessary for the human body, tannin, flavonoids and pectin. Doctors recommend, without fail, to eat one apple a day. It should be noted that baked apples are better absorbed by the body, so charlotte with apples is an irreplaceable delicacy! By preparing it, you will not only please your loved ones with a delicious pie, but also treat them with a healthy delicacy! The main thing is to cook with pleasure, invent and fantasize! Bon appetit and success in the culinary field! We advise you to read:
