Perhaps many people have bread left in the house that no one wants to finish eating. And it lies and grows stale, but the hand does not rise to throw it away. Every rational housewife has a couple of recipes in stock that will tell you what to do with such bread. For example, you can prepare sweet croutons for breakfast. Charlotte made from a loaf of bread with apples is also good as a dessert. The recipe may seem unusual to some, because many are accustomed to making pie dough themselves.
A little history
Why was apple pie called charlotte? There are several versions on this matter.
The most romantic one says that the hopelessly in love chef came up with a new dessert in honor of his lady love, Charlotte. According to another version, the name of the pie is dedicated to a woman who actively developed the idea of \u200b\u200bgrowing apple orchards. She was the wife of the King of Great Britain.
There is another interesting story that tells how charlotte appeared from a stale loaf of apples. The recipe based on stale bread was popular in German bakeries, of which there were many in Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Russian visitors chuckled at a dessert made from leftover baked goods. They said that German spouses were terribly economical, even if the pies were made from crackers.
The Russians behind their backs called the wives themselves with the generic name “Charlotte”, because it was quite popular among German ladies and had already become a common noun for any woman living in Russia. This is how the pie made from crackers with fruit got its name in honor of the German women.
In fact, no matter how the charlotte from a loaf with apples appeared, the recipe rightfully deserves attention.
Charlotte with bread and cookies: original recipe
This method of preparing charlotte from a loaf is quite unusual. This pie turns out very tasty and tender. Usually it does not have time to cool down, as it is instantly eaten.
For baking you need:
- leftovers from yesterday's bread or loaf;
- all kinds of cookies, bagels;
- 50 milliliters of milk;
- a glass of sugar;
- package of curd cheese in a volume of 180 grams;
- 50 grams of butter;
- apples.
Cooking method:
- Be sure to soften the butter before starting cooking. It shouldn't be liquid. Leave the specified volume at room temperature for half an hour.
- Prepare the dressing. To do this, you need to mix the cheese, sugar and soft butter in one bowl. Bring all ingredients to a homogeneous consistency. To speed up the process, arm yourself with a mixer or blender.
- In another bowl, combine bagels, cookies and bread. Break up the ingredients. Pour milk over everything and wait until softened. Knead the workpiece with your hands, bringing it to a homogeneous mass.
- Wash the apples, peel them and cut them into slices.
- Place half of the softened dough into the baking bowl. Spread 1/2 of the curd dressing on top.
- Lay out the apple slices and repeat the procedure in reverse order: brush the fruit with cheese cream and cover with the remaining dough.
- Set the oven temperature to 150 degrees, then place the workpiece in it for 20 minutes.
Charlotte with apples from a loaf: recipe
Let's do the filling first, because it takes time to prepare. Of course, you could be lazy and just use apples, but with caramelized fruit the pie will turn out especially delicious. Condensed milk replaces butter in the recipe so that the filling is not too greasy.
Wash the apples, remove the peel and core. Cut the fruits into small cubes and place in a saucepan. Add vanilla sugar, cinnamon, condensed milk and lemon juice to them. Mix everything carefully. Cook the apples over medium heat, covered, until they become soft and the liquid has evaporated. Don't forget to stir constantly, otherwise the filling will burn. This will all take about fifteen minutes. This may seem like a long time for some, but your guests will be surprised by this loaf charlotte with apples.
The dough recipe is also different from the usual one. In a bowl, beat the eggs with two tablespoons of sugar until it is completely dissolved. Add milk and mix again. For now, we’ll put the bowl aside and start working on the loaf.
Cut off the crusts from the bread - you only need the crumb. If you make small portioned charlottes, then you need to cut a piece from the bun that is suitable in size to the bottom of the mold. Cut the crumb into cubes or sticks if you need a whole charlotte from a loaf with apples. Reviews say that both options are equally tasty.
Grease a baking sheet with butter. Dip the loaf pieces into the prepared egg-milk mixture, then place them on the bottom of the mold in one layer. Cut the remaining slices of bread into approximately equal rectangles. They will act as the sides of the pie. We also dip them in the mixture and place them along the walls of the mold. It turns out to be a kind of base for the pie.
Now place the caramelized apples in the pan. Cover the charlotte with pieces of loaf dipped in the egg-milk mixture. Sprinkle the remaining sugar (two tablespoons) on top. You can skip this point, but without it the charlotte from the loaf with apples will not be as tasty. The recipe is perfect for the oven, so preheat it to 180 degrees and place the pie there for about 40 minutes. Small portioned charlottes will bake for about 20 minutes.
Cool the finished dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Home cooking
I don’t know about you, but I often have bread left over... I can’t throw it away, but I know an excellent recipe for charlotte made from stale bread. This makes a wonderful simple and flavorful dessert. And, by the way, although we have long called charlotte pies in which fruit is filled with a thin dough, the classic recipe for charlotte is made from white bread with apples. Just do not use fresh soft bread for lazy charlotte; the charlotte will not bake well and will have a sticky consistency. I equally love apple and pear charlottes, or today’s version is a mixture of apples and pears in any proportion. The only difference when baking charlotte with only pears is in the spices; it’s better to add zest instead of cinnamon. All baked goods with apples are at this link.
Compound:
- Apples, pears - 450-550 grams
- Bread - 200-250 grams
- Cream (or milk) - 200 ml
- Eggs - 2 pieces
- Sugar - 100-150 grams
- Salt - a pinch
- Cold butter - 20 grams
- Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon, optional
- Vanillin – 1 sachet (1 gram)
- Breadcrumbs - 2 tablespoons
- Powdered sugar for decoration
- Vegetable oil for greasing the mold
How to make apple-pear lazy charlotte using a quick and simple recipe from stale white bread
For lazy charlotte, cut off the crusts from stale bread (my sliced loaf dried out), and cut the crumb into small cubes.
Cut the crusts off the bread and cut it into cubes
Prepare the filling - combine eggs with sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and cream, add a pinch of salt. If you are on a diet and counting calories, you can replace the cream with milk, but it tastes better with cream, I use 20%. The amount of sugar varies according to taste, I put the maximum - 150 grams.
Combine cream, sugar, spices, eggs, salt
Whisk the filling and pour it into the pieces of bread.
Pour the whipped cream with eggs, sugar and spices into the prepared pieces of bread
Stir and leave to soak while preparing the fruit, and if the bread is very stale, then for at least half an hour.
Mix the bread with the filling and leave for soaking
Peel and core apples and pears and cut into slices.
Prepare the fruit, peel and seed the apples and pears.
Place the fruit slices into the bread mixture and stir.
Add chopped fruit to bread mixture
Prepare a baking dish for lazy bread charlotte. Grease a heat-resistant pan with odorless vegetable oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Grease and sprinkle with breadcrumbs an ovenproof dish.
Place the improvised “dough” of white loaf, apples and pears into the mold and compact it very well. Crumble a piece of butter on top or grate butter from the freezer on a coarse grater and sprinkle with charlotte.
Place the charlotte mixture into the mold and press down
Bake apple and pear charlotte from white bread in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes until golden brown.
Bake the lazy charlotte until golden brown
To carefully cut the lazy apple-pear charlotte, you need to cool it a little. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut.
Lazy white bread charlotte with apples and pears
Homemade aromatic baked goods for every day, lazy charlotte made from white bread with apples and pears, is ready. Really a healthy recipe?
Charlotte from stale white bread according to a simple and quick recipe
I like lazy charlotte with apples and pears best warm, but cooled charlotte remains very tasty.
Lazy apple-pear charlotte
The best combination with aromatic apple and pear charlotte is “priest style” tea - with thin slices of apples.
Apple-pear lazy bread charlotte
Enjoy your tea!
Sauce for charlotte
This apple pie is eaten with sour cream, ice cream or any sweet sauce. For example, you can serve cream based on milk and black tea with charlotte. It is prepared simply, from products that everyone probably has at home. You will need half a glass of milk, a quarter glass of sugar, two yolks, vanilla sugar and two bags of black tea.
Bring milk and vanilla to a boil and remove from heat. Add tea to them and leave to steep for 10 minutes. The bags must then be removed. Mix eggs with sugar, milk and beat well. Cook the resulting mixture over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Serve the sauce chilled with the pie.
Description of preparation:
In order to prepare apple charlotte with bread, it is not necessary to use fresh bread; leftovers from yesterday or pieces of any stale white bread or loaf will also work.
Apples are best used with sourness; they give the dessert a pleasant taste and bake quickly. White bread charlotte is a classic, try it! It is prepared as quickly as it is eaten. In addition to apples, you can add any dried fruits, candied fruits or any other fruits and berries. If you have any white bread left over, be sure to use this recipe! Purpose: For children / For afternoon tea / For dessert Main ingredient: Fruits / Apples / Loaf Dish: Baking / Pies / Charlotte / Sweet
Charlotte with loaf, apples: a simple recipe
This option is for those who don’t want or don’t have time to bother with products.
In a bowl, beat three eggs with a glass of sugar. Pour in half a liter of milk and mix again. Peel, chop and place five apples in a bowl. You can sprinkle with cinnamon. We cut the loaf into cubes and also put it in a bowl. Mix everything and pour into a mold greased with sunflower or vegetable oil. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes. Cool the charlotte. It can be served with sweet sauce.
Bon appetit!
Charlotte from a stale loaf: step-by-step recipe
To make apple pie you will need:
- half a loaf of stale bread;
- 3-5 small apples;
- a glass of milk;
- two eggs;
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- a tablespoon of sugar.
How to cook:
- The peculiarity of this recipe is that it is necessary to use stale bread to prepare the pie. Cut it into slices 2-3 centimeters thick.
- In a container, beat eggs with sugar. When foam begins to form, add milk.
- Grease a baking bowl with vegetable oil. You can replace it with semolina or flour if desired.
- Chop the apples into small pieces. Sprinkle cinnamon over the fruit. It will give your pie a special aroma and exquisite taste.
- Dip the bread slices into the milk-egg mixture one at a time. Place pieces of stale loaf on the bottom of the bowl, and also form sides from them.
- Spread the apples onto the bread in an even layer and place the remaining moistened slices on top. There is no need to add additional milk to the bread.
- Bake the charlotte in the oven at 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes. Due to the fact that the dough is not filled with milk, the bread will dry out much faster.
You can deliberately leave the loaf in the open air and wait until it becomes stale (about 2 days).
Black bread charlotte
The ancient charlotte was made from leftover bread, and we tried to restore the recipe!
You will need:
2 pieces of black bread, 2 cups of sour cream, 1 cup of sugar, 12 apples.
Preparation:
1. Take stale bread and grate it on a coarse grater - you will get about 2 cups of bread crumbs; 2. Peel the apples and cut them into slices, lightly sprinkle them with sugar and let them sit for 10 minutes; 3. Turn on the oven at 200 degrees - let it warm up; 4. Place a layer of bread crumbs in the pan, apple slices on them, and sprinkle half of the remaining sugar on top; 5. Repeat everything again: crumbs, apples, sugar; 6. Pour sour cream on top of the charlotte and place the last layer of bread crumbs; 7. Bake for about 40 minutes until the top layer is noticeably browned.
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Preparing the recipe
1. Cut the apples, which have been peeled from the hard and completely unnecessary core, into small slices, sprinkle with sugar and place in clean water.
2. Heat the oil.
3. Cut the loaf without the crust, dip it in a mixture of milk, well-beaten eggs, and sugar.
Place as tightly as possible into a pan that has been greased. Then place a layer of juicy apples with washed sweet raisins. Repeat layers continuously until the mold is filled to the brim.
4. Brush the layers with melted butter.
5. Place the pie in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
6. The finished and baked charlotte with bread and delicious homemade apples is separated from the mold using a knife and laid out on a dish. If desired, drizzle with fruit syrup.
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