Charlotte is a very simple and tasty pastry. There are many recipes for its preparation. Below we put three simple, but therefore no less attractive options using blueberries.
Charlotte Recipe No. 1 (with Blueberries)
This option will allow you to cook especially delicate pastries with a thin crispy crust. This is achieved due to the small number of eggs and starch. Soda and baking powder are not added to the dough. As for the baking dish, in this case the recipe is designed for one small pie, and therefore you should not take dishes with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters.
So, this charlotte with blueberries will require for its preparation:
- sugar, 100 grams;
- eggs, three pieces;
- flour, 100 grams;
- starch, 2 tablespoons;
- vanillin, 1 sachet;
- blueberries, a third of a glass;
- vegetable oil, 10 grams.
If the berry is frozen, it should be thawed. In a clean bowl, beat the eggs until a bubbling foam forms. Then we mix the flour and starch and add this mixture a little to the egg substance. Next, gently mix with a spatula. When all the flour is gone, you need to bring the dough to a uniform state.
Now prepare the form. Ideally, you need to cover its bottom with baking paper, and then grease and sprinkle with flour. Excess flour can be shaken out just by flipping your mold. When it is ready, you just need to pour the dough into it. But so that you get exactly charlotte with blueberries, after pouring, you will need to add the thawed berry to the dough and carefully distribute it. The dish now needs to be put in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Our charlotte with blueberries will be baked for an hour, and if there is a lot of dough, then a little more.
It is very important not to open the oven for the first 25 minutes. After about forty minutes, you can check the readiness of the product that had risen strongly by that time with a wooden knitting needle. If the charlotte with blueberries is not yet ready, then you need to bake longer, checking the readiness every 10 minutes. However, it should be noted that the finished product will not leave a completely dry trace. When you realize that your pastries are normal, turn the oven off and on. Let the cake form stand in it for another five minutes, after which you need to transfer it to the table and leave it for another quarter of an hour, covering it with something light. This is a very important point, because otherwise the crust may crumble, and the tenderest crumb of the cake may fall. When the cake is a little stand, you only need to carefully remove it from the mold, decorate and cut.
Charlotte Recipe No. 2 (with Blueberries and Apples)
Charlotte with apples and blueberries in this version is prepared a little differently. The recipe will require us:
- 2 apples
- blueberries, 200 grams;
- sour cream, 250 milliliters;
- sugar, 250 grams;
- eggs, 2 pieces;
- soda, 0.5 teaspoon;
- flour, 250 grams;
- vanillin, one bag;
- cinnamon (to taste).
Now make the dough. To do this, grind the eggs with sugar, then add vanillin and sour cream. When you get a homogeneous mixture, gradually mix it with flour, previously sifted and combined with soda. At the end, add blueberries and mix again. Stack the sliced apples and fill them with dough. Further, the process is identical to how charlotte with blueberries is prepared , the recipe that we proposed above.
Charlotte recipe number 3 (with blueberries in a slow cooker)
Charlotte with blueberries in a slow cooker is extremely simple to prepare. The recipe below requires:
- flour, 1 cup;
- sugar, 1 cup;
- eggs, 3 pieces;
- blueberries, from 200 grams (more can be).
To make a pie in a slow cooker, you must first thoroughly grease its bowl with butter. Beat eggs with sugar, then add flour and bring everything to a uniform state. After you need to evenly spread blueberries on the bottom of your slow cooker and pour it with dough. Then turn on the “baking” mode on the panel and cook for 40 minutes. After the cake is baked, you need to let it stand for about 20 minutes, remove from the mold and serve. As you can see, in a slow cooker, making a pie is much easier.
Charlotte Ornament
One more tip for beginner culinary specialists: to make your charlotte not only tasty, but also beautiful, it is recommended to decorate it by sprinkling with powdered sugar or semolina. On top, you can beautifully lay nuts, pieces of marmalade, berries or mint leaves. Enjoy your meal!