All kinds of vegan cakes are relevant during holiday feasts. But sometimes you want to please yourself with delicious desserts on ordinary days. Vegan charlotte is a great alternative to the classic pie, loved since childhood. Anyone, even a novice housewife, can prepare it. And the taste of the finished dish will give you a lot of positive emotions and pleasant memories.
Vegan menu
What's the difference? Veganism is not a diet, but a lifestyle. Essentially, this is an offshoot of vegetarianism. Only the menu here becomes even stricter, but this is everyone’s personal choice. This is the strictest form of vegetarianism. In this case, the consumption of all animal products is excluded. A vegan even refuses honey. They also do not use leather, wool, silk or fur.
But vegans are people too. They want something tasty for tea. And here vegan charlotte comes to the rescue. This is a simple pie that every novice housewife can make.
Hastily
What attracts this pie in the first place is its ease of preparation. Literally five minutes of preparation, and the dough is on your table. Preheat the oven and place the vegan charlotte in it. Wait until delicious smells come out of the oven.
You can get four different flavors just by mixing the dough and apples in different sequences:
- Cut the fruits and place them on the bottom of the mold.
- Cut the apples into thin slices and mix immediately with the dough.
- Chop the apples into cubes and lay out the dough first, and then the fruit. You can drown them slightly.
- Grate the fruit and place it on top of the dough or mix it with it.
Each time you will get a different pie. If you like it drier, then pay attention to the second option. The third one turns out tender, juicy and moist. But in any case, it is best to try all the options and choose your own among them. Vegan charlotte can be very tasty - you just need to learn how to cook it.
Description of preparation:
Vegetarian charlotte does not contain eggs, but it turns out just as fluffy, soft and very tender.
What's the secret? Using semolina! Try it, the pie turns out really delicious! It looks a little like semolina, but still the semolina in it is not so pronounced. Of course, apples are a mandatory ingredient in charlotte, but when preparing vegetarian charlotte, you can move away from this principle and use pear, apricot, plum and even berries. Experiment and enjoy a pleasant time in the kitchen and drinking tea with friends and family! Purpose: For breakfast / For lunch / Afternoon snack Main ingredient: Fruits / Apples / Dough Dish: Baking / Charlotte Diet: Vegetarian food
Pie “Golden”
There are two options where this name came from. Because of the beautiful, golden crust or because of the Golden Fill apples, which are traditionally used for this recipe. For cooking you will need only simple and affordable products.
- A glass of flour and the same amount of semolina.
- Half a glass of sugar.
- Half a teaspoon each of salt and soda.
- A glass of orange juice.
- Applesauce – 200 g.
- Fresh apples - 5 pcs.
Vegan charlotte is ready in five minutes. To do this, you need to chop the apples, mix with all the other ingredients and bake the pie at 180 degrees. You need to bake until golden brown.
Pie “Air”
Be sure to add this recipe to your treasure chest. The dough turns out tender and fluffy, and a large number of apples adds a certain amount of moisture, which does not spoil the overall picture. The vegan charlotte recipe has been tested many times. You will need:
- Flour - approximately 600 g.
- Sugar - 3/4 cup.
- One and a half glasses of water.
- A glass of vegetable oil.
- Apples - 12 pcs. medium or 5-6 large.
- A teaspoon of baking soda and cinnamon.
Let's start with apples. They need to be thoroughly washed and cored, and then cut into cubes. Place them in a baking dish, after which you can make dough. Mix water, sugar and vegetable oil in one bowl. Whisk until the sugar dissolves. In another bowl, mix flour, vanilla and cinnamon. Now carefully combine the contents of the two cups. It is best to take a whisk for these purposes. Beat into a fluffy foam. After this, quench the soda with apple cider vinegar, add to the dough and beat again.
You can set the oven to preheat to a temperature of 180 degrees. Pour the dough over the fruit and place it in the oven. It takes about 40 minutes to bake the pie. Check readiness with a skewer.
Cooking vegetarian charlotte
How did you learn to cook? I consciously approached the stove, and even more so the oven, at a fairly late age. Then I was about 18-19 years old, studying at the institute. Once, while talking with a classmate about cooking, I admitted that I couldn’t even make charlotte. I note that she is an expert in pies, hot dishes, meat, etc. To put it briefly, a friend took me into her turn and showed me how to make apple pie in the evening. You can say that in the world of pies it became my first independent creation. Later, I myself found a recipe for vegetarian charlotte.
All over the world, charlotte has taken a strong place on the table during evening tea drinking or in the case when “guests ring the doorbell.” In different countries it got its name: pudding, cold dessert, pie. The name was formed from the name “Charlotte” - according to one version. According to another, from the word “charlyt” - a mixture of beaten eggs, milk and sugar (translated from English). The original version of the pie was a pudding. It was made from bread soaked in milk, alternating with sliced apples. A country famous for making puddings is England.
Recipe for the simplest vegetarian pie with semolina and kefir in a slow cooker
- 0.5 kg apples. You can take more, you will get a sweeter lean one. Choose red apples, they will add sweetness to the pie.
Do not take glossy fruits that look like they have been rubbed with wax. They are stuffed with various tools that obviously will not be useful. It is better to take an outwardly unsightly apple, grown in natural conditions, without additives for beauty. For a more accurate weight measurement, it is better to first cut out the core and only then weigh it on a kitchen scale. - 0.5 cups of kefir. When choosing dairy products, be sure to look at the expiration date. Expiring products may no longer be suitable for consumption. For example, kefir may curdle in recent days. It will consist of water and a mass similar to cottage cheese. For pies, you can take kefir in a bag. This will save you money compared to a boxed or bottled product.
- 0.5 cups flour. I don’t see any difference between using flour from different manufacturers in baking. The most important thing is to sift it before adding it. Even if it sits in the bag for a long time, the flour will be saturated with oxygen and the dough will become more fluffy and airy.
- 0.5 cups semolina. Cereals are quite a filling product. When adding it to a pie, be sure that it will be able to satiate you for a long time, unlike other sweets.
- 0.5 cups sugar. The sweetness in my pie is offset by the sweet apples. Therefore, I deliberately reduced the amount of sugar. You can either increase or decrease it. It is more beneficial for the body and figure to increase the number of apples.
- 0.25 cups sunflower oil.
- Salt (on the right in the photo). Added to deepen the taste of other ingredients.
- Vanilla sugar - 1 sachet or 1 tbsp. (on the left in the photo). Adds vanilla flavor and extra sweetness to your cake. An optional ingredient that can be omitted if desired.
- 1 tsp soda, quench with vinegar. Some chefs suggest eliminating vinegar, because... the soda itself will enter into a chemical reaction in the dough. I do as my grandmother taught me and put out the soda. To do this, pour the required amount of soda into a cup and add a drop of vinegar. If the soda has not completely dissolved, add more liquid. You should not pour in a lot of vinegar at once, as this may subsequently ruin the taste of the charlotte.
Lenten pie in a slow cooker
Almost everyone has this kitchen helper today. Try making vegan charlotte in a slow cooker. You will definitely appreciate the simplicity of this recipe. All you have to do is load the ingredients and set the timer. Let's prepare the ingredients:
- Honey - 3 tablespoons.
- Pear - 1 pc.
- Apple - 2 medium ones.
- Boiling water - 200 ml.
- Sugar - 100 g.
- Vegetable oil - half a glass.
- Vanillin and cinnamon - a pinch each.
Place the sugar in a deep bowl and add seasonings to it. Stir, pour in boiling water and add honey. All that remains is to add butter and zest. Now is the most crucial moment. The flour must be sifted twice and mixed with baking powder. Mix everything together. The dough is not too thick. Apples and pears need to be cut into pieces and placed in a mold. Pour in the dough, select the “Baking” program and wait for 65 minutes. This is the original recipe for vegan charlotte with apples. The combination of different fruits and honey gives an unforgettable aroma.
Vegetarian charlotte (charlotte without eggs) recipe
Friends, I present to you a recipe for vegetarian charlotte , which I tested three times over two weekends and each time it fell apart in a matter of minutes. Well, I'm exaggerating, of course, about the minutes, about three times everything is fair
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1 tbsp. decoys
- 1 tbsp. Sahara
- 1 tsp soda
- 0.5 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp. kefir
- apples + maybe some berries
You must use the same glass to measure ingredients. If you have a frying pan like the one in the photos below, i.e. large, you need to take a glass with a volume of 250 ml., if smaller, then 200 ml.
Mix the first four dry ingredients, pour in the oil, rub with a fork, then add kefir, mix. The dough is ready. Chop the apples, place them in a greased frying pan, and pour the dough over them.
You can bake charlotte in different ways. 1) Quickly for 20 minutes at 220 degrees, then the cake will be quite brown on top. 2) Or you can bake first for 10 minutes at 220 degrees, and then another 20 minutes at 180. Then the cake will bake and remain light brown. In any case, you can check the bakedness with a toothpick or match.
They write on the Internet that this recipe can be used for any pies. You can bake a cake, cut it, coat it with something, it gets soaked, it turns out very tasty..
"Viennese" pie
He is loved by almost everyone. But most housewives cook it with a lot of animal products. But you can do without them. It will still be delicious.
Compound:
- A glass of whole grain and white flour.
- Soda - 1/2 teaspoon.
- Brown sugar - 200 g.
- Soy milk - 200 ml.
- Table vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
- Ground flax - 6 tsp.
- Water - 9 tbsp. l.
- Apples - 2-3 pcs.
- Cinnamon.
When everything is collected, you can start cooking. Ground flax seed should be soaked in water and left to swell. Add vinegar to the milk and give it time to curdle, add sugar, flax seed infusion and flour in small portions. Chop the apples and mix with the dough. Place in pan and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for about an hour at 165 degrees.
Secrets of delicious baking
At first glance, it’s difficult to make a pie without eggs and dairy products. But nothing is impossible.
- The cake is usually brushed with milk or butter to add shine. But sweet tea will do the job just fine.
- You can use your favorite recipes, but instead of eggs and milk, add the following ingredients: banana, rolled oats with water, potato or corn starch, applesauce.
Lenten baked goods turn out fluffy, aromatic and very tasty. It can be prepared during Lent or included in the menu if there are convinced vegans in your family.
Making the filling
There shouldn't be any problems with this. We only have two apples and one pear left. They need to be washed and cleaned as standard. After which you choose how you will cut them. Well, if you decide to add any other ingredients to the filling, then prepare them as well.
By the way, if you don’t want visible pieces of fruit in the charlotte, you can grind them all and also add them to the dough. Here we are already calculating how you will cook and what effect you want to achieve in the end.
