The simplest and delicious pie- charlotte with apples in the oven, familiar to most of us from childhood. Over the long history of its existence, charlotte has undergone many metamorphoses. Today it is difficult to find a person interested in cooking who would not know that delicate fruit desserts and food-saving pies made from stale bread with apple filling.
In his famous book “A Gift for Young Housewives or a Means to Reduce Household Expenses,” E. Molokhovets gives several recipes for charlottes with berry fillings and jam, and V. Dahl claims that charlotte is a round pie with jam. And even the old English meat pudding was also called charlotte.
One way or another, when we mention the name “charlotte” today, we mean either a baked dessert made from biscuits or slices of bread filled with apples and berries, or, most often, a simple and tasty sponge cake with apples, where apples are not so much a filling, but the main ingredient of the dish.
It is the latter version of apple charlotte that is most widespread in Russian cuisine. Despite the simplicity of preparation, Russian apple charlotte is tender, but at the same time bright taste and aroma.
And thanks to the large number of apples used in its preparation, charlotte is extremely rich useful substances, minerals and vitamins. All this makes charlotte one of the most popular Russian sweet pies.
There are an endless number of options for preparing Russian charlotte. Like anyone for real folk recipe The preparation of charlotte varies from region to region, from house to house.
Every housewife, every cook has her own recipes for charlotte with apples in the oven and her own little secrets of preparing it. Which allow you to turn a simple pie into a unique dish - the real pride of the housewife. A dish that arouses the admiration of friends and family.
- sugar 1 glass;
- chicken egg 5 pieces;
- wheat flour 1 cup;
- apples 4-7 pieces depending on size;
- soda 1/3 teaspoon;
- vegetable oil 1 tablespoon.
How to bake delicious apple charlotte in the oven:
Apple charlotte with cinnamon
Ingredients:
- apples 1 – 1.1 kg;
- granulated sugar – 300 g;
- flour – 300 g;
- egg – 4 pcs.;
- cinnamon – 1 tbsp;
- lemon – 2/3 of the whole fruit;
- vanilla - to taste;
- cognac – 2 tbsp. l.;
- vegetable oil 1 tbsp.
Preparation:
Let's start with apples. It’s better to use more sour varieties in charlotte, but any can be used.
Try cooking with different ones, experiment. Choose according to your taste.
Wash the apples and dry them. Chop into thin slices. Place in a deep bowl, sprinkle with cinnamon. Extract the juice from the lemon and add to the apples so that they do not darken. Finally, sprinkle the apples with cognac. Close the lid tightly and let them wait in the wings.
Let's prepare the dough for charlotte. Beat the eggs with granulated sugar. Mix flour with beaten eggs.
Mix everything quickly into a homogeneous mass.
Preheat the baking oven to 180 degrees. Grease the special mold vegetable oil. Sprinkle with granulated sugar, just a little.
Place some of the dough into the pan and level the pie. Then take the apples. Place into pan in even layers.
The final stage: fill our apples with the second portion of dough. Top with apples, lightly sprinkling them with granulated sugar.
Baking. Place our charlotte in the oven for 40 – 45 minutes. It may take 5-7 minutes, check your pie.
How to determine readiness: pierce with a toothpick, the dough does not stick to it - the threshold is ready. Charlotte turned out bright and rosy.
Charlotte on kefir with apples and cherries
Ingredients:
- 1 glass of kefir;
- 1 glass of sugar;
- 2 eggs;
- 50 g butter;
- 2.5 cups flour;
- a little baking powder and vanilla sugar;
- 2 apples;
- 0.5 cups pitted cherries (fresh or canned).
The recipe is simple homemade baked goods, which even the most inexperienced housewife can handle: kefir charlotte:
The peculiarity of this recipe is the combined filling of apples and cherries.
Mix kefir with sugar. Add eggs, melted butter and vanilla sugar.
Mix flour with baking powder and gradually add to liquid ingredients. The dough should have the consistency of thick sour cream.
Cut the apples into slices and place on the bottom of the oiled pan.
Spoon half of the dough onto the apples. Place pitted cherries on top and pour in the remaining batter.
Place the charlotte in a preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. Sprinkle the finished pie powdered sugar.
Lush charlotte with apples
Recipe Ingredients:
- 4 eggs;
- a glass of sugar;
- a glass of flour;
- 1 or 2 apples (depending on size);
- oil (for lubricating the mold);
- lemon slice to drizzle over apples.
How to cook:
Apples need to be peeled, cored and cut into small slices. Sprinkle the apples with a little lemon and mix well. Separate the whites and yolks into different plates. Separately, beat the whites with half a glass of sugar, and separately the yolks with the remaining sugar.
It is not necessary to beat everything vigorously until the sugar dissolves, you can just beat it a little to get a good homogeneous mass.
Combine the whites with the yolks, mix and add flour. Mix everything thoroughly, it turns out batter.
Grease the pan with butter (butter or vegetable), sprinkle lightly with flour. Pour half the dough into the mold and lay out the apple slices. Fill the apples with the remaining batter. Bake the charlotte in the oven at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
Recipe for charlotte in a bread machine
Charlotte is one of the simplest and delicious recipes pirogue. And very variable - any fruits and berries, cream, chocolate, nuts, vanillin, cinnamon - everything goes into use.
There is no particular difference - in a bread machine or in an oven. You still have to beat the dough with a mixer or a spoon.
- wheat flour - 200 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- apples - 2 pcs.;
- egg - 5 pcs.;
- vanilla, cinnamon.
How to cook charlotte in a bread machine:
Place peeled and finely chopped apples on the bottom of the bucket. They will still go down.
Beat the eggs and sugar into a very fluffy foam. But carefully combine with flour with a spoon. And don't interfere too much. Place the dough on the apples.
Baking mode 90 min. Start!
Apple charlotte without eggs
Since childhood, we are all familiar with such a delicious pie as charlotte. Initially, this pie was prepared exclusively with apples, and one of them necessary ingredients Cooking required eggs.
However, at the moment there are already dozens, and perhaps hundreds of options for preparing this dish with various changes in the composition of the ingredients. We present to your attention wonderful recipe preparing charlotte without eggs.
At the end of cooking, let stand for a few minutes so that the charlotte is well removed from the shape in which it was baked. When serving, you can sprinkle the pie with powdered sugar and decorate with berries. This dish is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
You will need:
- flour – 1 tbsp.;
- semolina – 1 tbsp;
- kefir – 1 tbsp.;
- apples – 1 kg;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- sunflower oil (refined) – 1/2 tbsp.;
- vanilla sugar – 1 sachet;
- soda – 1 tsp;
- salt.
How to make charlotte with apples without eggs:
Mix semolina with sugar, pour in kefir and set aside while you work on the apples. Wash the apples well, peel and cut into thin slices.
Mix flour, semolina with sugar and kefir, vegetable oil, salt and vanilla sugar. Suppress the baking soda and pour into the dough. Mix everything well until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Add chopped apples to the dough and mix again.
Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil and sprinkle with semolina. Pour the dough into the mold and place in a preheated oven.
Bake for 40 minutes at oven temperature 180 degrees.
Charlotte with apples and bananas
Ingredients:
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- apples - 3-4 pcs.;
- bananas - 3 pcs.;
- sugar - 0.5 tbsp;
- eggs – 4 pcs.
How to make charlotte with apples and bananas:
Beat eggs with sugar, add flour. Peel and cut apples and bananas. Grease the mold with vegetable oil, lay out the fruits and fill them with dough.
In an oven preheated to 180°C, bake the charlotte for 30-35 minutes. After all, this is a wet pie, and it is better to check its readiness not with a match - with a toothpick. They will be wet all the time... As soon as the dough starts to pull away from the sides, it’s ready. Sprinkle the cooled charlotte with powdered sugar.
Charlotte with apples and cottage cheese
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- apples - 4 pcs.;
- butter - 150 g;
- sugar - 1 tbsp.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- sour cream - 3 tbsp;
- soda - 0.5 tsp;
- flour - as much as needed to make the dough like thick whipped cream. Usually - 2-3 tbsp.
How to prepare charlotte with apples and cottage cheese:
Mash the cottage cheese thoroughly. Beat eggs with sugar until thick foam. Melt the butter, cool slightly, and carefully pour it into the eggs. Add cottage cheese, sour cream and soda. Mix everything. You need so much flour so that the dough is like thick sour cream.
Peel the apples and cut into slices. Add to the dough and mix some more. Grease the frying pan well with vegetable oil and pour the dough into it. Bake over medium heat for about an hour if baking in a frying pan, and a little less if baking on a baking sheet.
Use a toothpick or match to check if the cake is ready. Yes, another piece of advice. Sometimes you bake and bake, and a toothpick shows everything - wet. If the dough comes away from the edges and the color is golden brown (and the smell is amazing), then it’s ready.
Don’t forget about the calorie content, so invite guests so that they can get some of the calories.
A simple recipe for charlotte with apples
Ingredients:
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- sugar - 1 tbsp.;
- apples - 3 pcs.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- breadcrumbs - 1 tsp;
- vanillin - to taste, usually half a pack or on the tip of a knife;
- butter - for greasing the mold.
Cooking method:
- Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla. Add flour.
- Cut the apples into thin strips.
- Grease the pan with oil and sprinkle breadcrumbs. Place the apples and the dough on top.
- Level it out.
- Place the pie in an oven preheated to 180°C for 30-40 minutes.
- Remove, cool slightly, sprinkle with cinnamon. And so as not to be tormented by your conscience about the calories you have eaten - well, next thing you know - invite guests!
Loaf charlotte
Product composition:
- loaf;
- 2 eggs;
- a glass of milk;
- 150 g sugar;
- cinnamon;
- 10 apples;
- 50 g butter.
How to cook:
Beat the milk and eggs and add thinly sliced loaf slices. Grease the cake pan or pan thoroughly with oil.
Place the prepared loaf slices on the bottom of the dish and on the sides. Place a layer of apple slices on top, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, then slices of bread and a layer of apples, etc. There should be a layer of bread slices on top. Place butter on the last layer. Bake in a hot oven until done.
Video: delicious charlotte with apples
Good afternoon, friends!
Charlotte with apples cooked in the oven is the most delicious autumn dessert for tea. The simplest pie recipe is prepared quickly and tasty, from four main ingredients - eggs, sugar, flour and apples.
There are so many recipes for making charlotte that you can cook it for a whole year and not repeat it: with sour cream, with kefir, without flour, without eggs, without butter, with cottage cheese, semolina...
You can add any berries to apples: strawberries, raspberries, red and black currants, blueberries, cherries. And fruits: pears, plums, nectarines, oranges.
To enhance the aroma and taste of baked goods, add vanillin, orange or lemon zest, cinnamon, as well as nuts, sesame seeds, raisins, soaked dried fruits, and poppy seeds. In some recipes, sugar is replaced with honey.
Various ways of preparing charlotte - in the oven, in a slow cooker or in a frying pan - give plenty of scope for culinary imagination.
To make the charlotte fluffy and airy, the dough uses well-sifted flour with baking powder, chilled chicken eggs, and softened butter. And all this is well beaten with a mixer.
So, we have learned a little about what is needed to prepare delicious and aromatic baked goods, we can get started.
Classic charlotte with apples in the oven (simple recipe)
This is the traditional, simplest recipe for making charlotte. We prepare the pie quickly, one, two, three times.
Once - cook the apples, this will take 5 minutes. Two - knead the dough, another 5 minutes. Three - bake for 30-40 minutes. Cool and decorate. An hour later we eat the pie. Appetizing, with a wonderful crispy crust and apple aroma.
Ingredients:
- medium-sized apples - 8 pcs.
- sugar - 0.5 - 1 tbsp.
- eggs - 4 pcs.
- flour - 1 tbsp.
- butter - for greasing the mold
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.
- baking powder - 1 sachet
- brown sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- liqueur - 1 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
Wash the apples, cut them in half, remove the core and seeds. Cut into large slices so that during baking they do not turn into chips or get lost in the dough. Place in a bowl. When exposed to air, apples quickly darken; sprinkle them with freshly squeezed lemon juice, use a ceramic knife for cutting. To ensure that fruit retains its shape when baking, choose varieties that are strong or slightly underripe. Ripe and soft fruits will spread into porridge.
Beat the cooled eggs with a mixer until foamy, add sugar in portions and continue beating until thick foam. Add vanillin.
Sift the flour, add baking powder. Add it slowly and combine with beaten eggs and sugar. Mix gently from top to bottom in one direction. Add 1 tablespoon of any alcohol-containing drink. As the alcohol evaporates, it saturates the dough with air, making it fluffy, airy and crispier. Mix everything carefully.
Take a springform baking pan with a diameter of 18 cm, with high sides, line it with parchment and grease it with butter. Place chopped apples and sprinkle with brown sugar. Fill in batter, lightly shake the form to fill all the voids. If there are a lot of apples, you can lay out a second layer and fill it with dough.
We arrange the remaining apples beautifully in a circle shape.
Preheat the oven. The baking temperature is 180 degrees. The apple pie will be ready in 30-40 minutes. We check the readiness with a wooden skewer; if the inside is not baked, but the top is already browned, cover the top with baking paper.
Let cool and release from the mold. Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar or decorate with fresh berries.
Look how charlotte turned out! Lush, airy, appetizing with a crispy golden crust, with a fantastic aroma! Apples at the bottom of the dough and on top, delicious, very tasty. Enjoy your tea!
Delicious kefir charlotte with apples and nuts
Ingredients:
- apples - 3-4 pcs.
- sugar - 0.5-1 cup
- kefir - 1 tbsp.
- walnuts - 300 gr.
- flour - 3 tbsp.
- butter - 200 gr.
- baking powder - 1 sachet
- soda - 1 tsp.
- cinnamon - 1 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
Cut the apples into large slices. Place in a deep plate, add walnuts, chopped into medium pieces, and mix.
Add sugar to softened butter and grind until smooth.
Add kefir and mix gently.
Sift the flour, preferably twice. The more we saturate it with air, the more airy the dough will be. Add baking powder and soda to the flour and mix. You may ask, why add baking soda if there is baking powder? If the ingredients contain fermented milk products, fruit juices or honey, then they additionally require soda, since they cause an acidic reaction.
Combine the mixtures and mix well. Kefir dough is the most popular and economical option for baking. Ours turned out to be neither liquid nor thick, but viscous.
Grease the springform pan with butter and sprinkle with flour. Place the dough on the bottom and level it out.
Place apples and nuts on top, maybe in two rows. There should be a lot of them, then the pie will turn out with a pronounced apple taste and aroma. Sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees.
Apple pie with sour cream and cottage cheese in the oven
Ingredients:
- apples - 2-3 pcs.
- cottage cheese - 200 gr.
- sugar - 150 gr.
- eggs - 4 pcs.
- flour - 200 gr.
- butter - 20 gr.
- baking powder - 10 gr.
- sour cream - 3 tbsp. l.
- liqueur - 1 tbsp. l.
Using the dough recipe with sour cream, prepare delicious apple pies at home and delight your family.
An airy recipe for charlotte made from biscuit dough, like for a cupcake with raisins
Ingredients:
- apples - 500 gr.
- sugar - 1.5-2 tbsp.
- eggs - 6 pcs.
- flour - 250 gr.
- butter - 120 gr.
- baking powder - 1 tsp.
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.
- vanilla sugar - 20 gr.
- salt - to taste
- raisins - 100 gr.
Preparation:
- Mix softened butter with sugar. Add salt. Beat the mixture with a mixer for about 4 minutes, at high speed, until smooth.
- Add eggs to the resulting mass and beat again.
- Mix the baking powder with sifted flour and add to the egg-butter mixture. Mix well. According to this recipe, the dough turns out like a cake, not very thick and viscous.
- We sort out the raisins and wash them well.
- Peel the apples and cut into medium slices.
- Place raisins and apples in the dough, mix quickly and carefully. Place in greased silicone mold, with high sides. Using wet fingers, level the surface and push the protruding parts of the apples into the dough.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Cover the charlotte with baking paper and bake for 1 hour. Check the readiness of the dough with a wooden skewer. When the dough is baked, remove the paper and brown the top of the pie for 10 minutes.
- We take out the finished one apple pie from oven, let cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with ripe raspberries.
The charlotte turned out great, with a crispy golden crust, fluffy with a wonderful taste!
Loaf charlotte (bread) with apples in the oven
In this recipe, the apples for the filling can be prepared in two ways. The first method is mashed with cinnamon. The second way is to simmer and caramelize.
It is better to use a slightly dried loaf from yesterday. If you don't have it, use bread.
Ingredients:
- apples - 4 pcs.
- sugar - 50 gr.
- loaf - 1 pc.
- butter - 200 gr.
- cinnamon - a pinch
Charlotte with apples - an easy recipe in a slow cooker
We use a recipe for making dough with egg whites. We beat the whites well, they are the ones who will make the apple pie the most airy and fluffy.
Ingredients:
- egg white - from 3 eggs
- sugar - 1/2 tbsp.
- baking powder - 1/2 sachet
- flour - 1 tbsp.
- apples - 1 pc.
- butter - for lubricating the multicooker bowl
baking time - 30 minutes
Today I offered you 6 simple recipes delicious charlotte. If, after opening my blog, you want to cook something, then the goal has been achieved.
Choose any recipe and share your impressions in the comments. See you!
Most housewives prepare this wonderful delicacy, as it is easy to prepare and does not require much time. Why do many people like this pie? It’s because the ingredients that go into baking can be found in any home and at any time.
Prepare this wonderful pastry and pamper your family and friends with a vitamin pie. When guests unexpectedly come to you, and if you suddenly want something sweet, you can try making Charlotte. Everything will take about 40 minutes, and you can add not only apples, but also other healthy fruits.
If you don’t like this option, you can always try cooking traditional pie from apples. Use various devices to create a culinary masterpiece, such as a slow cooker or oven. If you are used to cooking in the oven, then nothing, the pie turns out even fluffier than in a slow cooker.
To prepare this method, take:
- egg – 4 pcs;
- sugar – 1 cup;
- flour – 1 cup;
- apples – 4 pcs;
- baking powder - teaspoon;
- vanillin - a pinch.
Cooking methods:
To prepare, you need to keep the chicken eggs cold to get a thick foam. Take and use a mixer to beat the eggs until fluffy foam forms.
Pour vanillin and sugar into the resulting foam; by the way, you can add sugar to taste.
To get a porous cake as a result, you need to pour out the flour gradually.
Once the ingredients are poured in, stir until smooth. If suddenly you don’t have baking powder, you can add a little soda, quenching it with vinegar in advance.
To get a great dough, you can pour a little alcoholic drink into the dough. This dough will turn out very tender and airy.
It's time to prepare the fruit; for this you need to wash the apples and cut them in random order. Cut as you wish, just make sure they are not too small as they will dissolve in the dough.
Pour the chopped fruit into the bowl with the dough and mix.
Take out a convenient mold in which you will bake this miracle, place parchment paper for baking, then grease with oil so that the dough does not burn.
Regardless of what material the mold is made of, it must be lubricated with oil. Prepare the oven, to do this, set the temperature to 180 degrees, place the mold with the dough
and bake for 40 minutes. Prepared to check classic charlotte or not, you can use a toothpick, pierce the center of the pie, and if the dough does not stick to the toothpick, then the pie is ready.
Take out the cooking product and leave it for a while, then transfer it to a plate and serve to your loved ones.
As you can see, cooking is not difficult; even a beginner can handle it. Now try making the pie by incorporating other ingredients. The best part is that you can make a pie using vegetables and serve it as a complete breakfast. Hot cabbage pie will be an excellent alternative even to lunch; you can take such a delicious lunch to work.
The most airy recipe for charlotte with apples, step by step with pictures
You will like this method, because the result will greatly please you; with simple steps you can get a delicate pie. To prepare it, prepare the following ingredients:
- apples – 5 pcs;
- eggs - 4 pcs.
- flour – 180 g;
- sugar - cup;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- starch – 2 tbsp;
- baking powder - teaspoon;
- citric acid - a pinch;
- sesame – 2 tbsp.
Step by step method:
Take a deep container, break the cold eggs and add to the bowl,
Using a mixer, beat vigorously until thick foam is obtained.
In another bowl, mix starch, flour and baking powder until smooth. Gradually pour the mixture of starch, flour and baking powder into a bowl with eggs, sprinkle with vanilla. Pour out the alcohol and mix all the ingredients together to form a uniform dough.
Take the fruit and cut into medium pieces, pour a little lemon juice, or you can add a little citric acid to the dough.
Take out the mold and prepare it with oil, sprinkle sesame seeds on the bottom of the mold.
Pour some dough into the mold and add chopped fruit.
Pour the batter over the apples and sprinkle with the remaining sesame seeds again.
Prepare the oven at 180 degrees and cook for 35 minutes. Once the Charlotte is ready, remove from the mold and leave for a while to cool to room temperature.
After you try the unusual pie, pay attention to how pleasantly the sesame crunches. In general, sesame contains nutrients and vitamins necessary for the human body, so you can prepare this pie often, saturating your body with vitamins.
Charlotte with apples and cottage cheese - a simple and delicious recipe
The name of the pie speaks for itself, you can see for yourself.
Get products that are in any refrigerator:
- apples – 5 pieces, several pieces are needed for decoration;
- egg;
- cottage cheese – 250 g;
- sugar - cup;
- semolina - glass;
- butter – 100 g;
- rum - teaspoon;
- vanillin - a pinch;
- lemon juice - tablespoon;
- baking powder - teaspoon;
- powder – 2 tbsp.
- breadcrumbs - half a glass.
Instructions:
- For this baking you need to use melted butter.
- Pour the egg into a bowl with granulated sugar and beat until foamy.
- Pour the oil, baking powder into this container and stir.
- The sour cream should have a uniform consistency, so use a blender.
- Pour the semolina into a bowl with the beaten egg and use the semolina to prepare the dough.
- Add vanilla, stir and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the pie pan by greasing the bottom with butter, then pour in the breadcrumbs, then the chopped fruit.
- The next step is to pour out the dough.
- To make this masterpiece, preheat the oven by turning the temperature to 220 and place in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 180 degrees and leave for 40 minutes. When a quarter of an hour has passed, open the oven and cover with foil so that the middle is baked.
- Once the cake is cooked, remove from the pan and place on another plate.
- If desired, you can sprinkle with powder.
Charlotte turns out amazing, exactly the way you dreamed of. The products included in the baked goods will not spoil, so in any case you can enjoy the results of your work in the kitchen.
Charlotte with apples - recipe with nuts and raisins
This dessert will appeal not only to adults, but also to children, so if you decide to make it, you need to increase the portion by one and a half times. This is done to ensure that the charlotte turns out unusually fluffy. For this recipe, take following products that any housewife can find:
- sugar – one and a half glasses;
- flour - one and a half glasses;
- apples – one and a half kg;
- eggs – 6 pcs;
- nuts – 30 g;
- raisins – 30 g;
- breadcrumbs - half a glass;
- oil - for lubrication;
- sour cream – 2 tbsp;
- soda - one and a half teaspoons;
- vanillin - a pinch.
Instructions:
Take a deep bowl in which you will prepare the dough - pour in the chicken eggs, sand, then vanilla. Mix all these ingredients so that there are no lumps.
To obtain the dough, add a little flour and beat with a mixer.
Take out the mold, sprinkle with oil, add crackers and then fruit.
At the end, sprinkle with nuts, which must first be finely chopped.
Add raisins and pour in the dough.
Set the oven temperature to 180, place the dessert and bake for about 20 minutes, then cover with foil and leave for 60 minutes.
The dessert can be served not only in the evening with tea, but also in the morning; this pastry will make an excellent breakfast, and if prepared with raisins and nuts, you will be satisfied for the whole day. Cook and treat your family with hot and delicious pastries.
This pie can also be prepared for some special event; you can simply decorate it with apple roses, and add not only walnuts, you can also have chopped peanuts.
Cook and experiment in the kitchen, add a piece of your soul and your loved ones will definitely appreciate and be delighted. We warn you in advance, after trying to cook it once, they will ask for more, so save the recipes.
The apple pie turns out very tender and crumbly, and raisins with nuts will add piquancy and excellent taste. Many people like it unusual combination apples with nuts, and if you take slightly sour fruits, then it will turn out tastier. For charlotte, a variety such as “Antonovka” is more often used, which is slightly sour, but pleasant to the taste.
Loaf charlotte with apples
It is not surprising that this simple and delicious dessert liked by those who were born in the Soviet Union. Many people remember with nostalgia those times when it was not possible to cook something tasty, because there wasn’t much food.
But as for charlotte, it could be prepared from those products that would probably be found in every home. Baked apples and fragrant pastries and all this in one dessert, one could only dream of this. Here, we present to you an original and very simple way to create a dessert from the USSR.
To do this, you need to take:
- milk - one and a half glasses;
- granulated sugar - cup;
- vanillin - a pinch;
- egg – 4 pcs;
- half a loaf or sliced bread;
- apples – 5 pcs;
- lemon juice - tablespoon;
- butter, although you can use vegetable oil for lubrication.
Instructions:
- Take bakery product and cut into rings.
- Pour the butter into a baking dish and place the sliced bread.
- Place the chopped apples on the bread and pour in the lemon juice. If you wish, you can repeat the same procedure.
- Pour over fruit and loaf ready dough and place in the oven at normal temperature for about half an hour.
- Check the readiness of the dough not only by appearance, but also a toothpick.
Recipe for making charlotte with apples. Cooking at home video.
Of course, you can strictly follow the instructions for preparing the dessert and not get the desired result, but you can read our tips and try to cook, taking into account some details and nuances:
- To make the foam very thick, you need to use cold eggs;
- for a fluffy dough, be sure to pass the flour through a sieve;
- Mix the dough carefully and thoroughly after adding flour so that there are no lumps;
- baking soda can perfectly replace baking powder, you just need to quench it with vinegar;
- the dessert will turn out delicious if you pour out a little alcohol;
- if you want to preserve the color of the fruit, then simply sprinkle with lemon juice;
- chopped apples can be mixed so that they fit evenly into the container;
- You can add any component to the pie without fear that the dessert will spoil.
Using these tricks, you can become a cook and surprise not only your family and friends, but also your friends who will definitely come to you for tea next time. Be prepared to create this dessert often, as your loved ones will constantly ask you for it.
You can even create a routine on which day of the week which charlotte can be prepared. And you can cook according to our simple and uncomplicated recipes.
Arrange a holiday in your home, turning an ordinary gray day into a wonderful tea party with the whole family. Charlotte is a pleasant reason to gather all your loved ones at one table and enjoy a warm evening.
The most important thing is that it does not take much time to prepare it, it will take a few minutes to cut the fruit, 5 minutes to prepare the dough, and after placing it in the oven, you can calmly continue to do your business.
When the specified amount of time has passed, simply remove from the oven and mold and leave to reach room temperature. Everything is very easy and simple, cook and enjoy not only the process, but also the result.
The nice thing is that even a child can cook it and make his parents happy. If you’ve never cooked before, it doesn’t matter; with simple instructions, everything can be done, even for a beginner. The main thing is to invest a piece of your soul and imagination, then Charlotte will become not just lush and tasty, but special.
I want to tell you about real charlotte, and not that three-egg apple pie that our mothers began to call charlotte since Soviet times.
Grandmothers cooked the real thing, ideally from French stale white bread, or from croutons.
I found this recipe in my grandmother’s notes - I liked it and decided to bake it, besides, I had a whole loaf of bread lying around for three days already white bread(somehow it turned out that we didn’t eat it. This charlotte is prepared from the most simple products, but the result pleased me and my whole family!
Charlotte turns out soft and juicy, the aroma of fresh bread and baked apples is mixed in it! It's best eaten warm! On the first evening we ate more than half, I put the charlotte in the refrigerator at night, and in the morning I heated it in the microwave - it was very tasty even on the second day! I will definitely bake it again!
0.5 liters of milk (I used 2.5% fat content)
2 eggs
0.5 cups sugar
30gr. oils
3 apples
Dried white bread (you can, I think, also fresh), you can have a loaf
Cut the bread 0.8 cm thick and into quarters
Beat the eggs with milk and sugar, drop the pieces of bread into it and place in a pan lined with parchment or sprinkled with breadcrumbs,
Top with thinly sliced apples (I also sprinkled with raisins for extra sweetness) and pieces of butter.
And repeat. So there should be 3 of each layer and apples will be on top. At the end, press and compact all layers a little. If there is any egg-milk mixture left, pour it on top.
I don’t think the number of layers and the fact that apples are on top are important - you can put bread on top, or you can have fewer layers - if there is not a lot of bread.
In general, you can safely experiment with the filling - add, for example, some berries (cranberries, lingonberries, black currants) to the apples.
This is what happened (decorated with strawberry jam)
And a piece - help yourself!
There are two recipes for apple charlotte, which have been “arguing” with each other for the title of classic for several years now. One is made from slices or crumbs of white bread, similar in preparation technology to bread pudding. And the second is the charlotte that I now invite you to bake - fluffy, soft and tender, like a sponge cake; with apple pieces, cinnamon flavor and a light snow of powdered sugar on a thin, crispy crust!
This charlotte is also called “five-minute apple pie,” although it is baked not for 5, but for 25 minutes, but it is prepared very quickly and simply. That is why biscuit charlotte with apples is the most favorite pie during autumn tea parties. What to bake quickly and with a minimum of ingredients for the family for breakfast, or for the children for an afternoon snack; to the arrival of unexpected guests? Of course, charlotte! While you are chatting at the table, Charlotte will be in time.
I suggest you basic recipe charlotte, and you can vary it countless times!
Firstly, charlotte dough can be prepared not only from wheat flour, but also with the addition of corn, oatmeal, buckwheat, and nuts (half with wheat). Each time the charlotte will turn out with a new taste!
Secondly, in the dough, except different types flour, you can add various spices: cinnamon or vanillin; turmeric, ginger! You can even pour in cocoa, it will be a chocolate charlotte - but the classic version, in my opinion, is better. But if you add a couple of spoons of poppy seeds or chopped nuts to the dough, it turns out very tasty!
Then, you can add not only apples to the pie, but also any seasonal fruits and berries. I tried charlotte with pears and plums; with cherries and apricots, raspberries, strawberries! And each option is delicious in its own way. But let's start with the apple charlotte.
Ingredients for charlotte with apples for a 20-24 cm pan
- 3 large eggs;
- 150-180 g of sugar (incomplete 200 gram glass);
- 130 g flour (1 glass without top);
- 1 tsp. baking powder (or 1 tsp soda, quench with 9% vinegar in flour);
- 1/4-1/2 tsp. cinnamon;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. powdered sugar for decoration;
- 5-7 medium apples.
Method for preparing charlotte with apples
Charlotte tastes best with sweet and sour fruits of green and yellow varieties: Antonovka, Granny Smith, Simirenko, Golden. Loose apples are not very suitable for this pie: they will “melt” in the dough and the taste will not be the same.
Since the dough for charlotte is biscuit, it must be baked immediately after preparation so that the fluffy mass does not settle. Therefore, it is better to prepare the apples and the mold in advance. We also take the eggs out of the refrigerator in advance: when they are at room temperature, they are beaten into a more fluffy mass.
Wash the apples and remove the cores. If you are in a hurry and the apple peel is not very hard, you don’t have to peel it. But I still advise you to spend a little more time and peel the peel, then the charlotte will turn out much more tender!
Cut the peeled apples into small cubes or slices, as you prefer. To prevent the apples from darkening while preparing the dough, you can sprinkle them with lemon juice.
It is convenient to bake charlotte in a springform pan: then the fluffy, tender pie is easy to take out and transfer to a dish. I cover the bottom of the mold with confectionery parchment, similar to how embroidery canvas is put on a hoop: I cover the bottom of the mold with paper, then put the sides on top and close it, and trim off the excess paper. Then I lightly grease the parchment and the walls of the mold. sunflower oil odorless so that the charlotte does not stick. If there is no parchment, grease the pan butter and sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs.
If you don’t have a springform pan, you can bake the charlotte in a solid metal pan or even in a cast iron frying pan, only then it will be a little more difficult to get out. But it’s quite possible to cut the charlotte into a mold and eat it straight from there. If you bake in a silicone pan, remove the charlotte only after it has completely cooled, otherwise part of the dough will remain stuck to the pan.
The mold and apples are prepared, it’s time to turn on the oven to warm up to 180-200 °C.
Let's prepare the dough for charlotte. We begin to beat the eggs with sugar first at the minimum speed of the mixer; after 30-45 seconds we switch to medium and then to maximum. In total, beat for 2-3 minutes until the mass becomes light and very fluffy (two to three times more than the original volume).
Sift the flour mixed with baking powder into the beaten eggs and mix gently from bottom to top, in a circular motion. You can add cinnamon to flour or sprinkle it on apples.
You can pour the apples into the mold and pour the dough over them, or put them directly into the dough and mix gently.
In the first case, you will get a tender apple layer at the bottom of the charlotte, in the second, the fruit will be distributed evenly. There is a third option - pour out half the dough, then pour in the apples and pour the second half of the dough over them.
Does the dough spread out like a thick, wide ribbon? You did everything right!
Place the pan in a preheated oven and bake the charlotte at 180°C for about 25-35 minutes. After about 10 minutes, you can carefully look into the oven. If the charlotte is in no hurry to rise and brown, turn up the heat a little (up to 190-200 °C); if, on the contrary, the top crust is already browned, but the middle is still liquid, reduce the temperature slightly, to 170 ° C.
You can cover the charlotte pan with foil to prevent the top from burning while the center bakes. The exact temperature setting will be different for each oven, so be guided by the type of pie: when the crust turns golden brown and a wooden skewer comes out dry from the dough, the charlotte is ready.
Let the charlotte cool in the oven for 5-10 minutes: if you take it out right away, the change in temperature may cause the sponge cake to settle a little. Then let it sit in the pan for another 10 minutes: it is easier to remove the parchment from a cooled cake than from a warm one.
Having opened the mold, move the charlotte onto a plate. I invert it onto the pan lid, remove the parchment, cover the pie with a dish and invert it again.
Sprinkle the charlotte with powdered sugar through a small strainer - it will become more elegant and tastier. Then cut into portions with a sharp knife.
And we invite your family to enjoy tea with aromatic apple charlotte!