Charlotte is a sweet pie made from apples and baked in dough. Charlotte is considered a dish of German cuisine, borrowed from the British. This sweet apple pie is very common in Russia and Europe due to the availability of apples.
Charlotte's story
There are several versions of this delicious sweet cake.
According to the first version, charlotte comes from the English word charlyt, which means a pie made of apples, flour and sugar. Initially, the British cooked charlotte with meat, and then replaced it with delicious and healthy apples.
According to the second version, the cake is named after Charlotte, wife of George III.
According to the third version, one romantic chef was in love with the beautiful and obstinate Charlotte. To impress his beloved, the chef named his sweet cake after her.
Cooking charlotte with apples
Charlotte is prepared very quickly and easily. For this sweet cake, any apples are suitable: small, sour, or sweet.
To make charlotte with apples, you will need:
- flour - 1-1, 5 tbsp.;
- 200 g of sugar;
- apples - 7-8 pcs.;
- chicken egg - 5 pcs.;
- butter (for lubrication);
- cinnamon (to taste).
Divide chicken eggs into whites and yolks. Beat the chicken yolks in a separate bowl with sugar using a mixer. Beat until the mass increases several times.
In a separate container, beat the chicken whites, then add the chicken whites to the yolks and stir until smooth.
Pour flour into the resulting egg mass and add cinnamon on the edge of a knife.
In the meantime, prepare the apples for the pie. Rinse apples, core and cut into cubes or strips. Cut 2 apples into slices, with them you will decorate the cake.
Grease a baking dish with butter. Pour the dough into a mold, decorate with apple slices on top, sprinkle with sugar and send to the oven. You need to bake charlotte at a temperature of 180 ° C for about 40 minutes.
Apples can be substituted for any other fruit or berry. And adherents of a dietary and healthy diet can replace flour with rolled oats.
