Charlotte commonly called apple pie with the preparation of which can handle even those who do not have culinary talents. The basic recipe is very simple and Charlotte nezateyliv, but every woman can improve it to your liking. In addition, they call delicious apple casserole and original dessert.

Cake or dessert?

With charlotte connect several legends. For example, it is believed that the pie was invented by some chef, hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman named Charlotte. According to another version, the recipe has been offered by Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III.

Interestingly, in Russia called "Charlotte" hiding is not the same thing, for example, in Europe. In the former USSR so called easy to prepare cake with apples. The popularity of this dish from the available products provided ease of preparation: it is impossible to spoil charlotte. Filling simply mixed with the dough and bake - what could be easier? Yes, and the dough itself can not be called difficult: you just need to mix the ingredients until smooth, and it does not require any mixer or a blender or food processor.

But the classic recipe charlotte Charlotte: Russian apple pie recipe   It differs from this embodiment. In fact, Charlotte - it's not even a cake, but a kind of pudding, a real find for the budget conscious housewives. It is believed that this dish was invented by the British. Wheat bread soaked pieces fit into the mold, interspersed with apples and bake in the oven. Serve warm with ice cream, whipped cream or cream.

Simple and economical, this recipe was a success. The people were prepared from the dried apple pie or bread crumbs, and the recipe was modified for the nobility. So, the famous chef Careme, who was at the time the court chef Alexander I, invented the so-called "Russian charlotte." This dessert is chilled Bavarian cream and whipped cream in a crispy shell of biscuits. Served chilled. It has a nice, rich taste and very well saturated.

Thus, charlotte can be referred to as biscuit apple pie and apple bread pudding, and even the cold dessert, which includes apples. However, traditional apple pie, too, is not necessarily prepared with apples: be fine and other fruits or berries. But as the apple - the most affordable in Europe, the fruit, as a rule, is preparing apple charlotte.

Pie

Of course, for the preparation of apple charlotte, you can use this cake, prepared according to the rules of culinary art from carefully whipped separate whites and yolks. But Charlotte is not in vain has earned the fame of the pie "on the run": for its preparation simply rub the eggs with sugar, add the flour and sliced ​​apples. Now you only have to put the form with a pie in the oven - and the dish is ready.

Sometimes the dough add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine   and a little baking soda, baking powder sometimes put, sometimes egg whisk. Proportions remember is simple: a glass of flour on the need to take a cup of sugar and 3-4 eggs. Charlotte can be a variety of flavors, adding vanilla dough Vanilla: sweet tenderness , Cinnamon or ginger, lemon or orange zest. It will decorate apple pie and nuts. And to apples, you can add almost any fruit or berries, including dry fruits. But even in its simplest form it is usually very tasty apple pie. The main thing - do not skimp and put more apples, and it is desirable to use a sour varieties with a strong aroma.

Pudding

Today freshly baked bread at once packed in plastic bags, so the loaves and buns remain soft for a long time, and then get musty, but not stale. Previously, stale bread was a constant problem for the zealous housewives: the table rolls are no longer apply, and throw a pity. And stale bread recipes use very popular.

Apple charlotte - elegant and very tasty dish: not everyone will guess that it is based on yesterday's buns. A preparation of this dish does not require much effort. Bread free from peels and soaked in a mixture of egg, sugar and milk, and then laid on the bottom of the mold and along its walls. Then comes the turn of the filling. Typically, apples pretreated - converted into a puree and boiled with sugar. There are, however, and recipes with raw apple, grated or cut into small cubes. For example, if you use the Antonov apples, quite simply peel and cut into small cubes, and then laid on a layer of bread, sprinkling with sugar, cinnamon and biscuits. Top apple filling should be closed with another layer of bread soaked in a mixture of milk and eggs. Bake the pudding in the oven until browning and served warm with ice cream or sweet sauces.

Dessert

Invented Karem "Russian charlotte" - dessert fat and hearty, unlike other sharlotok he prepares not fruit, and cream-based. The easiest way to cook biscuits from "Savoiardi", but any other suitable dense and porous biscuits. Cookies laid out the sides and bottom rather high form. Biscuit should sprinkle with syrup or liqueur.

The shell of pastry filled with Bavarian cream. To prepare the cream should beat egg yolks with sugar, add the milk and cream to boil in a water bath until it lightly thickens, then add the pre-soaked gelatine. By ostuzhennoy to room temperature, add the cream whipped cream.

Cream should fill out a form and place in the refrigerator for several hours. Serve a chilled apple pie with fruit or berry sauce.

Maria Bykov

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