There are several versions of the origin of the name of the dish. According to one of them, this recipe was proposed by Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III of Great Britain. According to another version, the name of the dessert comes from Old English. charlyt, which translated means a dish made from beaten eggs, sugar and milk. In the 15th century it was also popular in England meat dish with the same name. There is also a romantic story about a cook, hopelessly in love, who dedicated the dessert he invented to the lady of his heart, Charlotte.

After another publication of the “Charlotte” recipe on the site, I asked myself: “What kind of dessert is this, “Charlotte”?”
Having read several articles about the history of origin and looked into explanatory dictionaries, I present several versions of the origin and preparation of this dessert.

Another version is closer to reality: the dish appeared at the end of the 18th century and is named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III of Great Britain, who actively supported the idea of ​​​​growing apple orchards.

Whatever it was, classic charlotte , more precisely “Charlotte” - French sweet dish made from white bread, custard, fruit and liqueur.

Classic charlotte is happening from England and is a type of pudding usually served in warm. To do this, line the bottom of the mold with bread soaked in oil or egg mixture. Place a layer on top of the bread ready apples(boiled with sugar or pureed) and covered with a layer of soaked bread. You can make several layers. The charlotte is then baked in the oven and served warm with ice cream, whipped cream or sweet sauces.

Charlotte can be cooked with various fillings, however, apple filling is the most common due to the availability and cheapness of apples in Europe. Apple charlotte is traditionally baked in the fall after the apple harvest. Instead of apples, you can take pears, plums and other fruits and berries. You can also replace the fruit layer with cream or chocolate mousse.

Charlotte in Russian

The most popular pie in Russia
Russian charlotte was invented in London at the beginning of the 19th century. French chef Marie-Antoine Care, who was in the service of Alexander I. The dish was originally called Charlotte; la parisienne (Parisian charlotte), later the dessert became famous throughout the world under the name Charlotte russe (Russian charlotte). To make Russian charlotte, the mold is lined with savoiardi cookies or ready-made sponge cake and fill out Bavarian cream and whipped cream. Then the dessert should be cooled until hardened.

Currently, in the CIS, an easy-to-prepare pie is hidden under the name charlotte, which is a sponge cake filled with chopped apples.

Dear cooks, if you have your own versions, please share them in the comments.

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Interesting facts from the life of sponge cake with Charlotte apples

Date added: 2014-12-09

If guests are on the doorstep and there is nothing for tea, the best and a win-win- quickly bake Charlotte. It will take about 15 minutes to prepare, no more. In the meantime, while the cake is baking, there will be time to pleasantly chat with the guests. And in another 30-40 minutes it will be time to enjoy it delicious pie with apples.

The history of the apple pie "Charlotte"

The history of the appearance of “Charlotte” on our tables is quite confusing, and even the name of this pastry is interpreted differently.

Some believe that this dessert got its name in honor of the wife of King George III of England, Queen Charlotte, who was a great lover of apples and patronized those who grew orchards.

There is a version that this dessert owes its name to the wives of German bakers living in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They prepared this pie from leftover bread and bakery products. This was a novelty for the Russians. They laughed at the economy of the Germans who bake pies from crackers. The bakers' wives were called Charlottes behind their backs (this was a fairly common German name), and their cake was called "Charlotte".

And some believe that the word “charlotte” comes from the Old English word сharlyt, which translated means a dish made from beaten eggs, sugar and milk.

The recipe for this dessert has also undergone changes. Initially, “Charlotte” was prepared without baking and was a type of English pudding. Pieces of bread were soaked in syrup made from apples and placed in a mold in layers, between which pieces of fruit from the syrup were placed. The top layer was necessarily made of bread. Later, custard was used for layering.

Then they began to bake “Charlotte”, pre-wetting the pieces of loaf not in syrup, but in a mixture of milk, eggs and sugar. There are recipes for this dessert with cookies and all kinds of creams.

After the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, by order of the government, the name “Charlotte” disappeared from the menus of restaurants and cafes as a “bourgeois” dish and was replaced by “apple babka”.

Currently, "Charlotte" is mainly perceived as sponge cake with apples , although there are recipes with pears, plums, and bananas. Different chefs also offer their own dough: with kefir, sour cream, mayonnaise, and butter. Everyone can choose according to their taste. But in my opinion, the most successful option is still the classic “Charlotte” with biscuit dough.

Pie "Charlotte" - a combination of benefits and taste

The regular "Charlotte" contains chicken eggs, granulated sugar, wheat flour and apples. It is not burdened with fats and is easily absorbed by the body. Its calorie content is low, which allows it to be used in the diet of overweight people. It is not contraindicated for those suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Egg whites will fill a person with energy. And apples will be enriched with vitamins, antioxidants, and organic acids. Apple pectin binds toxins and removes them from the body. Apples are rich in potassium and iron, which helps restore the composition of lymph and blood, and potassium also helps strengthen the heart muscle.

Classic recipe for apple pie "Charlotte"

To prepare classic “Charlotte” you need the following products:

• Chicken egg - 3 -4 pieces (depending on the size of the egg)
• Granulated sugar - 1 cup
• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Fresh apples - 2-3 pieces
• Oil for lubricating the mold (you can use vegetable oil or butter)
• Semolina for sprinkling the mold (you can also use flour for this purpose)

How to prepare dessert "Charlotte".

Charlotte is loved all over the world, but in some places it’s pudding, in others cold dessert, and in Russia it’s a simple pie with apples. In this article I will tell you about the history of the origin of this many-sided sweetness and its travels around the world.

Charlotte is a simplified, folk, one might say affectionate derivative of “Charlotte”.

There are two versions of the origin of the name:

1) Most of the legends associated with the creation of charlotte indicate that it comes from the female name "Charlotte".

2) Some culinary scientists claim (based on English recipes of the 15th century and later, which inspires confidence) that the name of the dessert charlotte comes from the English word charlyt, which means a dish made from beaten eggs, sugar and milk. In the 15th century, in England, by the way, a meat dish with the same name was also popular.

From various sources, I have collected almost all the available versions of Charlotte’s origin, some of them are quite funny:

1) Be that as it may, all modern types of charlotte come from English pudding. I placed this most realistic, in my opinion, version at the very beginning so as not to confuse you. It was the British who came up with this dessert, and what we have now arose relatively recently. In Foggy Albion, it seems that puddings are prepared from everything under the sun. The recipe for English charlotte is very simple, although there are also many variations. That one, the first one simple charlotte was a cold dessert, the so-called “raw”, when moistened slices of bread were laid in layers, interspersed with chopped fruit.

The basis of both cold/raw and baked charlotte is moistened slices of bread or biscuit, which are used to lay out a small form, filling the middle with poached fruit. The most common option and favorite is apple charlotte. But slices of bread are soaked in everything, and in dissolved butter, and in syrup from stewed fruit, and in wine, and in Russia they really liked to soak bread in a mixture of eggs and milk (Oh, how many centuries have passed, but here They still love to soak bread slices for croutons in this egg-milk mixture).

2) This version is also English, but with royal participation.

In the 18th century, Great Britain was ruled by King George III, and his wife Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the patroness of apple producers. It is believed that she was the one who came up with apple dessert"Charlotte". Of course, I didn’t search much, but I didn’t find any evidence for this theory. Since this pudding existed before Queen Charlotte, I think that she improved the recipe, but again, there is no information about this. But this version is beautiful, no doubt.

3) Many people know the romantic legend about the creation of charlotte by a certain cook from Great Britain, who was hopelessly in love with a girl named Charlotte, for which he created a wonderful apple dessert and named it in honor of his beloved. Name, place of residence or work, and at least the time of life is lost forever, except for dessert with beautiful name. A dubious version, but it has been alive and well for a long time.

4) The creator of charlotte is often called the French chef Marie Antoine Carême, who lived at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries; he was one of the founders of modern cooking, " haute cuisine", he was called “the cook of kings and the king of chefs.” But he modified the charlotte, creating it the new kind, which is now called Charlotte Russe.

The evolution of charlotte.
Despite the fact that charlotte is prepared with many fruits, the whole world has fallen in love with its apple version.
So, initially charlotte is a bread pudding, and its cold version, "raw". Those. Slices of bread, moistened with syrup from boiled fruit, were placed in layers in a mold, and these fruits were laid out between the bread, and everything was covered with bread slices.
Then they began to bake the charlotte, the bread was soaked in melted butter or wine, and even in a mixture of eggs and milk. But the bread slices were already laid out not in layers, but along the bottom and along the walls of the mold, filling the middle with poached fruit.
Antoine Carême made the charlotte elegant and very delicate dessert, replacing bread with Savoyardi biscuits and biscuit slices, and apple filling- Bavarian cream.
In Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries with the flow of foreign chefs, charlotte recipes poured in, which were adapted to our Russian realities, as a result of which charlotte from rye bread. But Charlotte Russe didn’t catch on. At the beginning of the 20th century, in our country, charlotte turned into a very simple sponge cake with apples, which every housewife knows. So many generations have grown up simple recipe apple charlotte. And although our women are so talented that there are only variations of the simplest pie this moment a great many, yet everyone dearly loves the classic charlotte recipe, it’s not even a recipe, but proportions that everyone adds to their own taste: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 4 eggs, 0.5 teaspoon soda, slaked with vinegar. Nowadays, soda is replaced with baking powder and vanilla sugar is added.

Despite the fact that Charlotte Russe has not taken root in Russia, it is very popular in Europe and America. By the way, about America!
Charlotte came to this continent along with emigrants, but very quickly a legend was born that charlotte was invented by an American chef from a city called Charlotte. To the credit of the Americans, they somewhat modified the charlotte, but for the better, giving birth to a new and lovely pie, making it truly national and our pride.

Illustration from Karem's book, he is on the right.

How it happened: they say that Antoine Carême modified the charlotte in 1802, lining the mold not with bread, but with Savoiardi biscuits (“ Lady fingers"), filling the middle with Bavarian cream with gelatin. This charlotte was a cold dessert and was called "Paris charlotte". But in 1814, Russian Tsar Alexander I entered Paris as a winner, for whom Karem prepared his dessert. Since then, this pie has been known worldwide as "Charlotte Russe".

5) I left the most beautiful and funniest for you for last.

At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries in Russia there were many German bakeries that prepared this dessert from leftover bread and bakery products. The Russians laughed and said that German wives save money and even make pies from crackers, and the wives themselves, in general, were called Charlottes behind their backs. The name Charlotte was very popular at that time and became a household name for any German woman living in Russia.

6) In America, they believe that their national charlotte was invented by a certain chef from the city of Charlotte, which is somewhat doubtful, given the similarity with English recipe. Most likely, charlotte was brought by emigrants. In the 19th century, a proverb appeared in America, which is said when speaking about a typically American phenomenon or object: “As American as apple pie” (“As American as apple pie”).

Nowadays, three main types of charlotte are firmly established in the world, from which all culinary specialists are already dancing.

1. English charlotte pudding, made from bread slices and apples, can be either “raw” or baked.

2. Charlotte Russe, born to the great Antoine Carême. This charlotte is prepared by lining a mold with savoiardi cookies and pouring Bavarian cream with gelatin into the mold. Nowadays, Bavarian cream is mixed with various berries and fruit purees or chocolate, and the pie is topped with jelly, most often berry.

3. Modern Russian charlotte with apples, which is classic sponge cake with the addition of apples to the dough.

Until the middle of the last century, there was even a special detachable form for charlotte and it was called charlotte! But, unfortunately, I could not find a single photograph or illustration of this unique shape, although some books say that it is small, narrow and tall with a removable bottom. Now, by the way, this is not tragic, since the stores are full of springform molds of various sizes.

The idea of ​​classic charlotte was borrowed from the British: charlotte is a type of pudding, which is usually served warm. The bottom of the mold is lined with bread soaked in butter or egg mixture. A layer of prepared apples (boiled with sugar or pureed) is placed on top of the bread and covered with a layer of soaked bread. You can make several layers. The charlotte is then baked in the oven and served warm with ice cream, whipped cream or sweet sauces.

Charlotte in Russian

Russian charlotte was invented in London at the beginning of the 19th century by the French chef Marie Antoine Careme, who was in the service of Alexander I. The dish was originally called charlotte a la parisienne(Parisian charlotte), later the dessert became famous around the world under the name charlotte russe(Russian charlotte). To make Russian charlotte, the mold is lined with savoiardi cookies or ready-made sponge cake and filled with Bavarian cream and whipped cream. Then the dessert should be cooled until hardened.

There is a controversial claim that during the reign of Stalin, as part of the fight against “adulation to the West,” it was renamed “apple babka.” However, in “The Book about Tasty and healthy food» from 1952 this recipe called charlotte.

Currently, in the CIS, charlotte is an easy-to-prepare pie, which is a sponge cake filled with chopped apples: mix 4 eggs, 1 glass of flour and 1 glass of sugar, add a teaspoon of slaked soda with vinegar and a few chopped apples, bake in the oven .

Etymology of the name

There are several versions of the origin of the name of the dish. According to one of them, this recipe was proposed by Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain. According to another version, the name of the dessert comes from Old English. charlyt, which translated means a dish made from beaten eggs, sugar and milk. In the 15th century, a meat dish with the same name was also popular in England. There is a romantic story about a cook hopelessly in love who dedicated the dessert he invented to the lady of his heart, Charlotte.
According to another version, at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries in Russia there were many German bakeries in which this pie was prepared from leftover bread and bakery products. The Russians laughed and said that the Germans’ wives save money and even make pies out of crackers, and the wives themselves, in general, were called Charlottes behind their backs, since it was a fairly popular name that had already become a household name for any German woman living in Russia.

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Sources

• Alan Davidson.. - 2. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. - P. 159. - ISBN 0192806815.
• Kovalev, N. I. Dishes of the Russian table: history and names. - Lenizdat, 1995. - 317 p. - ISBN 5-289-01718-6.

Excerpt characterizing Charlotte

- What, master, aren’t you sleeping? - said the Cossack sitting under the truck.
- No; and... Likhachev, I think your name is? After all, I just arrived. We went to the French. - And Petya told the Cossack in detail not only his trip, but also why he went and why he believes that it is better to risk his life than to make Lazar at random.
“Well, they should have slept,” said the Cossack.
“No, I’m used to it,” answered Petya. - What, you don’t have flints in your pistols? I brought it with me. Isn't it necessary? You take it.
The Cossack leaned out from under the truck to take a closer look at Petya.
“Because I’m used to doing everything carefully,” said Petya. “Some people just don’t get ready, and then they regret it.” I don't like it that way.
“That’s for sure,” said the Cossack.
“And one more thing, please, my dear, sharpen my saber; dull it... (but Petya was afraid to lie) it was never sharpened. Can this be done?
- Why, it’s possible.
Likhachev stood up, rummaged through his packs, and Petya soon heard the warlike sound of steel on a block. He climbed onto the truck and sat on the edge of it. The Cossack was sharpening his saber under the truck.
- Well, are the fellows sleeping? - said Petya.
- Some are sleeping, and some are like this.
- Well, what about the boy?
- Is it spring? He collapsed there in the entryway. He sleeps with fear. I was really glad.
For a long time after this, Petya was silent, listening to the sounds. Footsteps were heard in the darkness and a black figure appeared.
- What are you sharpening? – the man asked, approaching the truck.
- But sharpen the master’s saber.
“Good job,” said the man who seemed to Petya to be a hussar. - Do you still have a cup?
- And over there by the wheel.
The hussar took the cup.
“It’ll probably be light soon,” he said, yawning, and walked off somewhere.
Petya should have known that he was in the forest, in Denisov’s party, a mile from the road, that he was sitting on a wagon captured from the French, around which horses were tied, that the Cossack Likhachev was sitting under him and sharpening his saber, what a big black spot to the right is a guardhouse, and a bright red spot below to the left is a dying fire, that the man who came for a cup is a hussar who was thirsty; but he knew nothing and did not want to know it. He was in a magical kingdom in which there was nothing like reality. A large black spot, perhaps there was definitely a guardhouse, or perhaps there was a cave that led into the very depths of the earth. The red spot might have been fire, or maybe the eye of a huge monster. Maybe he’s definitely sitting on a wagon now, but it’s very possible that he’s not sitting on a wagon, but on a terribly high tower, from which if he fell, he’d fly to the ground for a whole day, a whole month - keep flying and never reach it . It may be that just a Cossack Likhachev is sitting under the truck, but it may very well be that this is the kindest, bravest, most wonderful, most excellent person in the world, whom no one knows. Maybe it was just a hussar passing for water and going into the ravine, or maybe he just disappeared from sight and completely disappeared, and he was not there.
Whatever Petya saw now, nothing would surprise him. He was in a magical kingdom where everything was possible.
He looked at the sky. And the sky was as magical as the earth. The sky was clearing, and clouds were moving quickly over the tops of the trees, as if revealing the stars. Sometimes it seemed that the sky cleared and a black, clear sky appeared. Sometimes it seemed that these black spots were clouds. Sometimes it seemed as if the sky was rising high, high above your head; sometimes the sky dropped completely, so that you could reach it with your hand.
Petya began to close his eyes and sway.
Drops were dripping. There was a quiet conversation. The horses neighed and fought. Someone was snoring.
“Ozhig, zhig, zhig, zhig...” the saber being sharpened whistled. And suddenly Petya heard a harmonious choir of music playing some unknown, solemnly sweet hymn. Petya was musical, just like Natasha, and more than Nikolai, but he had never studied music, did not think about music, and therefore the motives that unexpectedly came to his mind were especially new and attractive to him. The music played louder and louder. The melody grew, moving from one instrument to another. What was called a fugue was happening, although Petya did not have the slightest idea what a fugue was. Each instrument, sometimes similar to a violin, sometimes like trumpets - but better and cleaner than violins and trumpets - each instrument played its own and, not yet finishing the tune, merged with another, which started almost the same, and with the third, and with the fourth , and they all merged into one and scattered again, and again merged, now into the solemn church, now into the brightly brilliant and victorious.

Maybe, delicious pastries loved by everyone, from little boys and girls to grandparents. Yes, sweets, especially sweet pastries- enough high-calorie dishes, but in the morning even a girl who is losing weight can afford a piece of pie.

Now exists great amount Pie recipes for every taste. Yes, they are incredibly tasty and unusual, but we shouldn’t forget about the classics. Fortunately, many old recipes survived and are still very popular. For example, classic charlotte. Who among you hasn't tried it? Probably every mother or grandmother knows some 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 of the recipes.

What is charlotte?

But before we talk about recipes, you need to find out what this dish is. Let's start with the fact that charlotte is originally a dish of apples and bread soaked in something. There are a huge number of origin options. The most plausible theory sounds like this: around the 14th-15th century, a pudding made from boiled fruit and bread appeared in Great Britain. Yes exactly english pudding became the start for all variations of charlotte. English raw or cold charlotte has become very popular. Then many began to bake it, soaking the bread in both butter and syrup.

Further, Antoine Carême at the beginning of the 19th century came up with a new more delicious recipe charlottes. Bread soaked in something was replaced tender cookies savoiardi, instead of boiled fruit was used with gelatin. This version of charlotte is called Charlotte Russe. Currently, this version also uses berries, for example, savoiardi cookies are moistened in rum or liqueur, placed on the sides, filled with Bavarian cream, and placed on top berry jelly.

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

Necessary ingredients for the classic version of charlotte

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

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

How to prepare a classic version of charlotte?

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

• Turn on the oven. It should be heated to 180 degrees.
• Let's start with eggs. Break the eggs into a large and convenient bowl.
• Add sugar.
• Mix. To avoid delaying the process, you can take a mixer. You need to beat for 10-15 minutes at maximum power. During this time, all the sugar will completely dissolve, and the mass will increase 2-3 times in volume.
• Add flour. Now we are 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.
• Let's move on to apples. Set the dough aside and start making the filling. Wash the apples, peel them, remove the core and cut them into thin slices, if desired, add cinnamon.
• Let's start assembling. Grease the pan with a little oil, lay out the apples, and place small pieces of butter on top. Fill this layer with a portion of dough, repeat the steps until the ingredients run out.
• Place in the oven. Important! Do not open the oven for the first 10-15 minutes, the cake may settle.

How to decorate a charlotte?

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

• Powdered sugar.
• The simplest and quick option. With powdered sugar, the charlotte immediately becomes more beautiful.
• Fresh apples. If the pie will be served immediately, you can decorate it fresh apple.
• Berries. They always look beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. A good option will add them on upper layer before cooking. In this case, the berries will give juice and color the dough a little.
• Chocolate drops. Chocolate always looks beautiful and appetizing.
• Yogurt or sour cream. Each guest can be served a piece of pie with a small amount of yogurt or sour cream. This serving will look more beautiful, and the taste may become even better and more interesting.

• Mint.
• When serving you can put small piece mint on top of pie.
• Syrup. You can decorate a plate with sweet syrup or pour it on top of a piece of charlotte.

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

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

Let's start cooking.

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

Next recipe called " Lush charlotte with pear". To prepare it we will need:

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

So, let's start cooking.

• Let's take care of the pears. Wash the fruit, peel it and cut it into small slices.
• Thoroughly beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer at full power.
• Gradually add flour and baking powder, stir until smooth.
• Add pear to the dough.
• Grease the mold with oil, lay out the dough, and carefully place more pieces of pear on top.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes in the oven.

Charlotte with milk, white chocolate and berries

So, how to make this pie with berries and chocolate looks very beautiful and appetizing, for it we will need:

• Oil. You need 100 g of butter at room temperature.
• 120 ml 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 vanillin.
• 280 g wheat flour top quality. It can be replaced with corn or oatmeal.
• 1 cup of sugar.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• 200 g chocolate. Best fit chocolate drops.
• 200 g of any berries. Frozen mixtures can be used.

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, combine sugar and flour.
• Mix all ingredients using a mixer.
• Add most of the berries and chocolate to the dough and mix.
• Covering the form parchment paper or lubricate with oil. Pour the dough and decorate the top with the remaining berries and chocolate.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes.

Charlotte on biscuit dough

How to cook charlotte biscuit dough? The dough itself is quite difficult to prepare; all proportions must be observed. It is worth saying that the ingredients and utensils must be cold. To prepare this charlotte we will need:

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

You can start cooking.

• Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the yolks well with sugar at maximum speed. Beat the whites until thick foam.
• Next, carefully mix the whites and yolks in portions, gradually adding flour.
• We wash, peel and cut the apples.
• Place apples and dough in layers in a greased pan.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Charlotte on kefir

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

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

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