What is charlotte? Recipe with photo

Probably, everyone loves delicious pastries, from small boys and girls to grandparents. Yes, sweets, and especially sweet pastries are quite high-calorie dishes, but in the morning even a losing weight girl can afford a piece of cake.

Now there are a huge number of cake recipes for every taste. Yes, they are incredibly tasty and unusual, but do not forget about the classics. Fortunately, many old recipes have been preserved and are still very popular. For example, classic charlotte. How many of you have not tried it? Probably every mother or grandmother knows any version of this pie, because people have come up with so many charlotte recipes that you can try them all your life. Let's take a closer look at some recipes.

What is charlotte?

But before talking about recipes, you need to find out what this dish is. To begin with, charlotte was originally a dish of apples and bread soaked in something. There are a lot of options for origin. The most plausible theory is this: around the 14-15th century, pudding made of cooked fruits and bread appeared in Great Britain. Yes, it was English pudding that was the start for all varieties of charlotte. English raw or cold charlotte has become very popular. Then many began to bake it, soak bread in butter and in syrup.

Further, Antoine Karem in the early 19th century came up with a new, more refined recipe for charlotte. The soaked bread was replaced by savoyardi's delicate biscuits; instead of boiled fruit, a Bavarian gelatin cream was used. This version of charlotte was called Charlotte Russe. Currently, berries are still used in this option, for example, savoyardi cookies are moistened in rum or liquor, placed on their sides, filled with Bavarian cream, and berry jelly placed on top.

Our usual recipe for a simple apple pie appeared at the beginning of the last century. Then almost every housewife mastered it, during this time Russian women were able to come up with a huge number of different recipes.

Essential ingredients for classic Charlotte

Once you know what charlotte is, you can start cooking. First, let's deal with the ingredients for the classic recipe.

• Flour. So, we need about one glass of premium flour.
• Sugar. The next ingredient is white sugar, if desired, it can be replaced with cane sugar.
• The eggs. For the classic recipe, we need 3 eggs.
• Apples The most important and important ingredient. You can decide which apples to choose, sweet or slightly sour.
• Butter. We also need 1 tablespoon of plain butter.
• Vanillin / Cinnamon. Here, everyone chooses the option that he likes best.

How to cook a classic version of charlotte?

We have already figured out what charlotte is, what ingredients are needed for a classic recipe, now you can start cooking.

• Turn on the oven. It should be warmed up to 180 degrees.
• We start with the eggs. Break the eggs into a large and comfortable bowl.
• Add sugar.
• Mix. So that the process does not drag out, you can take a mixer. Beat for 10-15 minutes at maximum power. During this time, all sugar will completely dissolve, and the mass will increase 2-3 times in volume.
• Add the flour. Now we gradually and continuously in small portions add flour and immediately mix from top to bottom so that there are no lumps and the mass is homogeneous.
• We pass to apples. Set the dough aside and start filling. Wash the apples, peel, core and cut into thin slices, add cinnamon if desired.
• Let's proceed to the assembly. Lubricate the mold a little with butter, put the apples, put small pieces of butter on top. Fill this layer with a batch of dough, repeat the steps until the ingredients are finished.
• Sent to the oven. Important! The first 10-15 minutes do not open the oven, the cake may settle.

How to decorate a charlotte?

Is it possible to decorate charlotte, you ask. Yes, the main thing is to know what.

• Powdered sugar.
• The easiest and fastest option. With powdered sugar, charlotte immediately becomes more beautiful.
• Fresh apples. If the cake is served immediately, it can be decorated with a fresh apple.
• Berries They always look beautiful, aesthetically pleasing. A good option is to add them to the top layer before cooking. In this case, the berries will give juice and color the dough a little.
• Chocolate droplets. Chocolate always looks beautiful and appetizing.
• Yogurt or sour cream. Each guest can be served a piece of cake with a little yogurt or sour cream. Such a presentation will look more beautiful, and the taste can become even better and more interesting.

• Mint.
• When serving, you can put a small piece of mint on top of the pie.
• Syrup. Sweet syrup can decorate a plate or pour on top of a piece of charlotte.

Charlotte with Cherry

What is charlotte? This is a pie with apples, but they can be easily replaced, such as cherries. For this recipe we will need:

• Butter. The first ingredient will be butter, you need to take about 250 g. You need to get it in advance, because it must be at room temperature.
• Sugar. You can take white or reed, weight 200 g.
• Flour. We need one glass of premium flour.
• Starch. You need to take 120 g.
• Cherry. You can take both fresh and frozen - 300-400 g.
• The eggs. 5 medium sized eggs needed.

Let's start cooking.

• Turn on the oven and heat to 200 degrees.
• Beat butter with a mixer, gradually add sugar in small portions.
• Next, break one egg each, thoroughly mixing after each.
• We collect charlotte. There are two options. In the first, we mix most of the cherries with the dough, carefully lay the rest up. In the second version, lay the dough and cherry layers.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Charlotte with pear

The following recipe is called "Lush Charlotte with Pear." To prepare it, we need:

• 4 medium sized chicken eggs.
• 2 cups of flour. It’s better to sift it.
• 3 ripe and sweet pears.
• 1 cup of sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon of baking powder.
• A small amount of lemon peel (optional).

So, let's start cooking.

• Let's take pears. Wash the fruits, peel them and cut into small slices.
• Beat the egg thoroughly with a mixer at full power.
• Add flour and baking powder gradually, alter until smooth.
• Add the pear to the dough.
• Lubricate the form with butter, spread the dough, gently put another pieces of pear on top.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven.

After waiting for the cake to cool. Next, sprinkle it with icing sugar, cut into pieces and put a leaf of mint.

Charlotte with milk, white chocolate and berries

So how to make a charlotte with berries? This cake with berries and chocolate looks very beautiful and appetizing, for it we need:

• Butter. You need 100 g of oil at room temperature.
• 120 ml of cow's milk. It can be replaced with almond or oatmeal.
• 200 g sour cream. It is better to choose 15% or 20%.
• 2 large eggs.
• Zest of a whole lemon.
• 1 teaspoon of vanillin.
• 280 g of premium wheat flour. It can be replaced with corn or oatmeal.
• 1 cup of sugar.
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
• 200 g of chocolate. Chocolate droplets are best.
• 200 g of any berries. You can use frozen mixtures.

Let's start cooking.

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Melt the butter and gradually mix with milk, sour cream, eggs and lemon zest.
• In another plate we combine sugar and flour.
• Mix all the ingredients with a mixer.
• Add most of the berries and chocolate to the dough and mix.
• Cover the form with parchment paper or grease with oil. Pour the dough, decorate with the remnants of berries and chocolate.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes.

Charlotte on a biscuit dough

How to cook charlotte on a biscuit dough? The dough itself is quite difficult to prepare, it is necessary to observe all proportions. It is worth saying that the ingredients and utensils should be cold. To prepare such a charlotte, we need:

• 4 eggs.
• 120 g of powdered sugar.
• 120 g of flour.
• 300 g of apples.
• Lemon juice.

You can start cooking.

• Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat yolks well with sugar at maximum speed. Beat the whites until a dense foam.
• Next, gently mix the proteins and yolks in portions, gradually add the flour.
• Wash, peel and cut apples.
• We lay apples and dough in layers oiled in butter.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Charlotte on kefir

So, a simple recipe for charlotte (step by step). We will need:

• 4 sweet apples.
• 250 g of flour.
• 2 eggs.
• 100 g of oil.
• 100 g of sugar.
• 200-250 g of kefir of any fat content.

Let's move on to cooking. Mix the butter with sugar, add the eggs, kefir, then flour and a pinch of salt. If you want a lush dough, use a baking powder. Lay dough and sliced ​​apples in layers. Bake for 40-50 minutes.